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Thread #2238   Message #8482
Posted By: Gene
11-Jul-97 - 01:03 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Thoughts on the Flag (Tom T. Hall)
Subject: Request: Help on Lyrics to Song
A couple of years ago, on Memorial Day, or the 4th of July, I switched on the TV to TNN and the VCR just in time to catch the following part of a video featuring Johnny Cash, Tommy Cash, Tom T. Hall and George Jones, marching along waving the Flat and singing.

JC: I know you burned your flag, but I'm sure glad you couldn't burn mine.

GJ: It's funny that burning a symbol could cause such a flap

All of the wars that we've fought have been about that

We'll fly the flag so high, it's out of your reach

And while we're about it, we might burn the Freedom of Speech.

TTH: My flag flies in my heart and it flies in my mind

TC: It's not just a rag that came off an assembly line

TTH: Each man must preach what he thinks and must live in his time

TC: I know you burned your flag, but I'm sure glad you couldn't burn mine.

TTH: I know you burned your flag, but I'm sure glad you didn't burn mine.

I'm hoping someone can fill in the missing first part of the song.