The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
Where do bad folks go when they die?
They don't go to heaven where the angels fly
They go down to the lake of fire and fry
Won't see 'em again till the fourth of July
I knew a lady who came from Duluth
She got bit by a dog with a rabid tooth
She went to her grave just a little too soon
Flew away howling on the yellow moon
Where do bad folks go when they die?
They don't go to heaven where the angels fly
They go down to the lake of fire and fry
Won't see 'em again till the fourth of July
The people cry and the people moan
Look for a dry place to call their home
Try to find some place to rest their bones
While the angels and the devils try to make their own
Where do bad folks go when they die?
They don't go to heaven where the angels fly
They go down to the lake of fire and fry
Won't see 'em again till the fourth of July
They don't go to heaven where the angels fly
They go down to the lake of fire and fry
Won't see 'em again till the fourth of July
I knew a lady who came from Duluth
She got bit by a dog with a rabid tooth
She went to her grave just a little too soon
Flew away howling on the yellow moon
Where do bad folks go when they die?
They don't go to heaven where the angels fly
They go down to the lake of fire and fry
Won't see 'em again till the fourth of July
The people cry and the people moan
Look for a dry place to call their home
Try to find some place to rest their bones
While the angels and the devils try to make their own
Where do bad folks go when they die?
They don't go to heaven where the angels fly
They go down to the lake of fire and fry
Won't see 'em again till the fourth of July
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I personally think that this song is about how people worry so much about material things, not realizing that it really doesn't make any difference because no matter what, it's all going to come to an end, and no matter what happens to your soul when you die, you're not going to need the material possessions you worried so much about while you were alive. The "fourth of July" part... I think it's likely they could have just used that to make another line that would rhyme with the rest of the chorus, as in a lot of older children's songs and rhymes (Miss Mary Mack, all dressed in black, silver buttons down her back, asked her mother for 15 cents to see the elephants jump the fence, jumped so high, touched the sky, never came back till the fourth of July)... either that, or it could have something to do with how the fourth of July is Independence Day for the United States and is seen basically as a time to celebrate our freedom. Basically "won't see them again till the fourth of July," to me, would mean (in this song) "you won't see them until you're free (from your body, the physical world, materialism, etc.)."