Set on, as the title suggests, the Fourth of July in Asbury Park, New Jersey, the song is a powerful love ballad, dedicated to one Sandy and describing the depressing atmosphere that threatens to smother the love between the singer and Sandy.
Smještena u, kao što to i sam naslov sugerira, 4. srpnja u Asbury Park u New Jerseyju, pjesma je snažna ljubavna balada posvećena jednoj Sandy te opisuje depresivnu atmosferu koja prijeti da zaguši ljubav između pjevača i Sandy.