The Flag Burning Amendment Makes Me Want To Burn The Flag
Copyright Leonard Richardson 1999
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Chords:
Verse: A D E A (arpeggio)
Chorus: D A D A D A E D A

Lyrics:
Bought a used car from a guy with a flag
Wagon City GMC
Fella took me under his arm
And this is what he said to me
"You know, I love this land of ours,
So gracious in her bounty.
So I make a point to fly the biggest flag in LA County."

Chorus:
He said
I fly this flag for factory air
I fly this flag for peace
I fly this flag for liberty and a thirty-six month lease
Seven red and six white stripes and fifty shining stars
It watches o'er my humble lot and sells a lot of cars."
Sells a lot of cars
Sells a lot of cars
Sells a lot of cars
You know it sells a lot of cars

Went to buy me a matress and a
Sale was going on
Free hot dogs for the kids and the owner, he was
Shakin' hands out on the lawn
He said "Today is Washington's birthday, son
The father of this nation.
And so I fly the biggest US flag in all creation."

He said "You know, this flag's a beacon
Like a candle to a moth
Remember those who coughed up blood and died for this here cloth
I'm standing by Old Glory here, come water high or hell
I'll do whatever it may take to make my matresses sell."
Make my matresses sell
Make my matresses sell
Make my matresses sell
Make my matresses sell

Saw the politician
Talkin' up there on C-SPAN
Saw the special interests
With the cue cards in their hands
He said "This flag flies over Capitol Hill,
And buddy I'll be damned
If I let some long-haired hippies trash the symbol 
Of this land."

He said "I hold this truth to be self-evident
Anyone can see
It's not the Constitution, but the flag that makes us free
I see these commie prevert freaks and I just have to laugh
You say you want to burn the flag, well what reason could you have?"
What reason could you have?
What reason could you have?
What reason could you have?
I said what reason could you have?