Sluice: “Fourth of July”
Clip: 2/13/2025 | 5m 33sVideo has Closed Captions
Sluice plays “Fourth of July,” a song that often opens the band’s live performances.
Sluice performs “Fourth of July,” a song that often opens the Durham-based band’s setlist. This lush, beautiful song about a day on the Eno River introduces audiences to their unique musical aesthetic and explores narrative themes about human connections and interactions with nature.
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Made possible through support from Come Hear NC, a program of the N.C. Music Office within the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Sluice: “Fourth of July”
Clip: 2/13/2025 | 5m 33sVideo has Closed Captions
Sluice performs “Fourth of July,” a song that often opens the Durham-based band’s setlist. This lush, beautiful song about a day on the Eno River introduces audiences to their unique musical aesthetic and explores narrative themes about human connections and interactions with nature.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[subtle relaxing music] [subtle relaxing music] ♪ What's that ♪ ♪ Is that a bald eagle ♪ ♪ No, that's a crow ♪ ♪ Who stole an egg ♪ ♪ On the fourth of July ♪ [subtle relaxing music] [subtle relaxing music] ♪ Let's go swimming in the river ♪ ♪ It's hot as ♪ ♪ But I hear thunder ♪ [subtle relaxing music] [subtle relaxing music] ♪ I'm nine years old ♪ ♪ In line for breast stroke ♪ ♪ I'm running to dad's car ♪ ♪ No ♪ ♪ I am here ♪ ♪ I am 25 ♪ ♪ I don't have 20 minutes for your ♪ [subtle relaxing music] ♪ Phone and keys are in my sneaker ♪ ♪ Behind a pine, I am a streaker ♪ ♪ My friends are smiling underwater ♪ ♪ I jump the bank, a lanky otter ♪ ♪ I am looking at water hitting water ♪ [subtle relaxing music] ♪ And I am the rock ♪ ♪ I am the yeti ♪ ♪ I am my roommates in love ♪ ♪ I'm blackberry jelly ♪ ♪ I am the weird ♪ ♪ I am a spillway ♪ ♪ We are singing, drinking at the dam ♪ ♪ I am a cartoon Callahan ♪ ♪ I am the man ♪ ♪ Getting struck ♪ ♪ By lightning ♪ [subtle relaxing music] [subtle relaxing music] ♪ Huddled under the tire, sculptors star ♪ ♪ We are laughing and breathing hard ♪ ♪ My knee is bloody from scrambling out ♪ ♪ The rain finally quit and we all split ♪ ♪ An elephant ear and I went and talked to you ♪ ♪ For the first time ♪ ♪ In the least of the year ♪ [subtle relaxing music] ♪ You were surprised and I felt bad ♪ ♪ Your mom said I was a ghost back from the dead ♪ ♪ And I didn't quite know how to respond to that ♪ ♪ Looking at your art on the table ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm not a ghost ♪ ♪ And I ain't dead ♪ ♪ I am a crow ♪ ♪ Who stole an egg ♪ ♪ On the fourth of July ♪ [music fades out]
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