Keep the Flag

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He woke up one morning to the sound of a telephone ring
His dad was lacing his boots, bags were packed up to go away
He was seven years old when his daddy left to fight in a war
He's too young to understand what for
He said, be brave my son, I'll be home soon
The boy held on to hope till he got that awful news

And as they folded up the stars and stripes
Twenty-one guns pointed towards the sky
As the shots rang out he flinched a little each time
Then a soldier in his best dress walked up to him and you know the rest
But through his pain the soldier's words fell flat
He said, you keep the flag, I want my daddy back

There ain't no book on how life can go on
Without his daddy their house ain't no home
And there's certain things a momma just don't get
Like baiting a hook or landing a catcher's mitt
She watches him play catch with a wall
He's talking to his daddy like he never left at all
And as they folded up the stars and stripes

Twenty-one guns pointed towards the sky
As the shots rang out she flinched a little each time
Then a soldier in his best dress walked up to her and you know the rest
But through her pain the soldier's words fell flat
She said, you keep the flag, I want his daddy back

As time passed together they moved on
And through the years his memory stayed strong
The flag they never wanted now sits proudly on the mantle
To give honor to the man that gave his all

And as they folded up the stars and stripes
Twenty-one guns pointed towards the sky
As the shots rang out he flinched a little each time
Then a soldier in his best dress walked up to him and you know the rest
But through his pain the soldier's words fell flat
He said, you keep the flag
He said, you keep the flag
I want my daddy back

The flag they never wanted now sits proudly on the mantle
To give honor to the man that gave his all

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