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Today's the day our younger son is going off to war,
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fightin' in the age old battle we've sometimes won before.
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Flags that line old Main Street are blowin' in the wind,
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these must be the flags of freedom flyin'.
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Church bells are ringin' as the families stand and wave,
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some of them are cryin', ‘cause the soldiers look so brave.
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Lookin' straight ahead, like they know just where they're goin',
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past the flags of freedom flyin'.
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Sister has her headphones on, she hears the music blasting,
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she sees her brother marchin' by, their bond is everlasting.
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Listening to Bob Dylan singin' in 1963,
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watching the flags of freedom flyin'.
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She sees the president speakin' on a flat-screen TV
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in the window of the old appliance store.
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She turns to see her brother again, but he's already walkin' past
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the flags of freedom flyin'.
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Have you seen the flags of freedom?
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What color are they now?
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Do you think that you believe in yours
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more than they do theirs somehow,
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when you see the flags of freedom flyin'?
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Today's the day our younger son is going off to war,
G D
fightin' in the age old battle we've sometimes won before.
A E G
Flags that line old Main Street are blowin' in the wind,
D A D
these must be the flags of freedom flyin'.