"Old Weathered Flag" lyrics

He was just a boy in that godforsaken place
He came back home and had a hippie spit in his face
I don't mind you speaking your mind
so I'll do the same
I swear to my maker if I see such a thing
There's gonna be hell to pay

He's an old weathered flag
He's a faded red, white, and blue
Got those frayed ends while fighting for me and you
He don't fly as high as he once flew way back then
Just an old weathered flag
Fighting a war that won't end

That twenty-one gun salute is such a somber sound
We forget about the ones out there still walking around
Like the one with the cardboard sign and the car for camp
Or the hero on a park bench
All dressed up and looking like some old man

He's an old weathered flag
He's a faded red, white, and blue (Red, white, and blue)
Got those frayed ends while fighting for me and you
He don't fly as high as he once flew way back then (Way back then)
Just an old weathered flag
Fighting a war that won't end

He's an old weathered flag
He's a faded red, white, and blue
Got those frayed ends while fighting for me and you
He don't fly as high as he once flew way back then
Just an old weathered flag
Fighting a war that won't end

He's an old weathered flag
He's a faded red, white, and blue (Red, white, and blue)
Got those frayed ends while fighting for me and you
He don't fly as high as he once flew way back then (Way back then)
Just an old weathered flag
Fighting a war that won't end

He's just an old weathered flag
Fighting a war that won't end