How Can You Live In The Northeast

[Verse 1] We heard the fireworks Rushed out to watch the sky Happy go lucky, 4th of July [Chorus] How can you live in the Northeast? How can you live in the South? How can you live on the banks of a river When the floodwater pours from the mouth? [Verse 2] How can you be a Christian? How can you be a Jew? How can you be a Muslim, a Buddhist, a Hindu? How can you? Weak as the winter sun, we enter life on earth Names and religion comes just after date of birth And everybody gets a tongue to speak And everyone hears an inner voice A day at the end of the week to wonder and rejoice If the answer is infinite light, why do we sleep in the dark? [Chorus] [Verse 3] How can you tap your body? Why do you cover your hand? How can you eat from a rice bowl When the holy man breaks bread? We watched the fireworks till they were fireflies Followed a path of stars over the endless skies [Chorus] [Outro] I've been given all I wanted All the three generations of the book I've harvested and I've planted I'm wearing my father's old coat