IT'S ONLY A FLAG

IT'S ONLY A FLAG - OUR SYMBOL OF LIFE.
IT'S ONLY A FLAG - IT'S FLOWN OE'R OUR STRIFE!
YES, THAT'S WHAT THEY SAY.
BUT, LOVE IT WE DO, IN OUR OWN SPECIAL WAY.
DON'T TREAD ON IT- YOU'LL RAISE OUR IRE!

DON'T SOIL IT- IT'S OUR HEARTS DESIRE.
WE'VE SHED BLOOD FOR IT, OUR BANNER OF LOVE,
WE WATCH IT WITH PRIDE, AS IT FLIES UP ABOVE.
IT'S OUR STANDARD, OUR FLAG, IS A SYMBOL,
OUR FREEDOM, OUR HEARTS BEAT, OUR GOAL.
WE'RE THE BEST, THE GREATEST, A COUNTRY TO ADMIRE.

DON'T EVER LET US SEE YOU SET IT AFIRE!
IT'S OUR LIFE, OUR LIBERTY, OUR REASON FOR LIVING,
THE WORLD IS A BETTER PLACE, FOR ALL OF OUR GIVING.
IT'S OUR FLAG, DON'T YOU DARE TRY TO DESTROY IT!
YOU'LL BE MOST SORRY, WE'LL DEFEND, 
TO THE END, THE GLORY OF IT!
IT'S LIFE AND LIBERTY, OUR HONOR - DON'T DISGRACE IT !

TEAR IT TO SHREDS, WE'LL ONLY REPLACE IT !
OUR HISTORY, OUR COUNTRY, OUR PRIDE IS IN IT!
WE'LL FACE UP TO ANYONE WHO TALKS AGIN' IT!
SO LETS STAND UP FOR THE LAND OF THE BRAVE,
FOR OUR FLAG IS OUR PRIDE AND LONG MAY IT WAVE!
IT'S ONLY A FLAG!

MARIE S. LANCASTER 1997

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