Freak Flag Songtext
von Greg Brown

I grew up in the shadow of the bomb
I come of age during Vietnam
Many thousand gone
I never did know why
Look around, it′s so hard to see
What's happening to our big family

I′m an American
I'm gonna let my freak flag fly
Fly


Well my dad preached a message of love
I heard him say on the day he passed on above
He said, "Use what you got, son
To raise a hopeful cry"
Dad, I heard what you had to say
I try to hold to it every day

I'm your boy
I′m gonna let my freak flag fly
Fly
Fly

Flag of green, a flag of brown
For the leaves in the sky and the roots in the ground
I′m singing and stomping by the dawn's early light
For every soul getting beat down
For every child who sees the light and turns around
Come on now

Let′s let that freak flag fly
Fly
Fly