My Independence Day

Roll out of my bed and greet the sunshine in the sky
And I know, I know, I know, I know it's getting bright
(It's getting bright, it's getting bright)
Looking at my phone and not a contact in my sight
But I know, I know, I know, I know that it's alright
(It's quite alright, OK now)

Turning on the Notebook at 1:30 in the afternoon
(The tears are streaming down your face
As Noah gets to second base)
But everything is better when I sing this tune

No reason to complain and
No reason to explain why
I'm making meals for one
I'm the only one in this life parade
I'm sitting in the shade of
This tree with roots of shame and
I somehow lose the game
When I sit at home and play charades

I find sun in my clouds of grey and
I wear shorts on a rainy day
Don't need no one to hold me down
Cuz it's my independence day
I find sun in my clouds of grey and
I wear shorts on a rainy day
Don't need no one to hold me back
On my precious independence day

Riding on a tandem bike at the boardwalk by the bay
As I pedal, pedal, pedal, pedal pain away
(The pain is gone, the pain is gone)
Eating every single meal at the endless lunch buffet
Oh I'll nibble, nibble, nibble, nibble cares away
(Just let 'em go away now)

Playing on the seesaw with all of my imaginary friends
(There's not much playing going on
Sitting on the ground, your friends are gone)
But everything gets better when I just pretend

No reason to complain and
No reason to explain why
I'm making meals for one
I'm the only one in this life parade
I'm sitting in the shade of
This tree with roots of shame and
I somehow lose the game
When I sit at home and play charades

I find sun in my clouds of grey and
I wear shorts on a rainy day
Don't need no one to hold me down
Cuz it's my independence day
I find sun in my clouds of grey and
I wear shorts on a rainy day
Don't need no one to hold me back
On my precious independence day

Buy this teddy bear to entertain me in the carpool lane
(You've got a passenger, too bad it's not a bachelor now)
Buy myself a snuggie so I have something to hold at night
Yeah it's alright, yeah, yeah

No reason to complain and
No reason to explain why
I'm making meals for one
I'm the only one in this life parade
I'm sitting in the shade of
This tree with roots of shame and
I somehow lose the game
When I sit at home and play charades

I find sun in my clouds of grey and
I wear shorts on a rainy day
Don't need no one to hold me down
Cuz it's my independence day
I find sun in my clouds of grey and
I wear shorts on a rainy day
Don't need no one to hold me back
On my precious independence day

That's right, nobody's gonna hold me back
It's my day
Really, it's my day
Whew, OK, got it, yup