[Verse 1]
We carried you in our arms
On Independence Day
And now you'd throw us all aside
And put us on our way

[Verse 2]
Oh, what daughter beneath the sun
Would treat a father so
To wait upon him hand and foot
And always answer "No"?

[Chorus]
Tears of rage, tears of grief
Why must I be the one to be the thief?
Come to me now, you know
We're so low, and life is brief

[Verse 3]
We pointed out the way to go
When we scratched your name in sand
Though you thought it was nothing more
Than a place for you to stand

[Verse 4]
Now, I want you to know that while we watched
You discovered there was no one true
But I remember that I thought
It was a childish thing to do
[Chorus]
Tears of rage, tears of grief
Why must I be the one to be the thief?
Come to me now, you know
We're so low, and life is brief

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 5]
It was all very painless
When you went out to receive
All that false instruction
Which we never could believe

[Verse 6]
And now the heart is filled with gold
As if it was a purse
But, oh, what kind of love is this
Which goes from bad to worse?

[Chorus]
Tears of rage, tears of grief
Why must I be the one to be the thief?
Oh, come to me now, you know
We're so low, and life is brief