Early Childhood : Identity and Authority

Luka My name is Luka I live on the second floor I live upstairs from you Yes I think you've seen me before If you hear something late at night Some kind of trouble. Some kind of fight Just don't ask me what it was Just don't ask me what it was Just don't ask me what it was I think it's because I'm clumsy I try not to talk too loud Maybe it's because I'm crazy I try not to act too proud They only hit until you cry And after that you don't ask why You just don't argue anymore You just don't argue anymore You just don't argue anymore Yes I think I'm okay I walked into the door again And if you ask that's what I'll say It's not your business anyway I guess I'd like to be alone With nothing broken, nothing thrown Just don't ask me how I am Just don't ask me how I am Just don't ask me how I am     Suzanne Vega

Independence Day Well she seemed all right by the dawn’s early light Though she looked a little worried and weak She tried to pretend he wasn’t drinkin’ again But Daddy ‘d left the proof on her cheek And I was only eight years old that summer And I always seemed to be in the way So I took myself down to the fair in town on Independence Day Well word gets around in a small, small town They said he was a dangerous man Mama was proud and she stood her ground But she knew she was on the losin’ end Some folks whispered and some folks talked But everybody looked the other way And when time ran out there was on one about On Independence day Chorus Let freedom ring, let the white dove sing Let the whole world know that today is a Day of reckoning Let the weak be strong, let the right be wrong Roll those stone away, let the guilty pay, Its Independence Day. Well she lit up the sky that fourth of July By the time the firemen come They just put out the flames, And took down some names And send me to the country home Now I ain’t sayin’ its right or it’s wrong But maybe it’s the only way Talk about your revolution It’s Independence Day. Repeat Chorus Roll the stone away It’s Independence Day Singer: MARTINA MCBRIDE Album: The Way That I Am Written by Gretchen Peters