More Than a Flag

After school one day a boy sat talking with his dad He said the teacher pulled out a book and taught us all about the flag About the red, white and blue and how each color was defined And why we stand hand over heart and pledge allegiance every time His dad pulled out a box with a folded flag And said trust me son it means way more than that It's more than a flag or stars and stripes Yea it waves for the ones who died And gave their lives so you and I could live our own It stands for truth, it stands for grace These colors don't run and to this day It carries sacrifice and scars in ever stripe and star it has You might know the definition but the truth is It's more than a flag He said your grandad fought in Vietnam back in '65 352nd dropping bombs to lessen the threats he had to fight Got sent home in '71 with one less leg and purple heart He used to say all gave some but some gave all and that's what we're fighting for They gave your grandma this box on the day he passed Fired 21 shots and folded up that flag It's more than a flag or stars and stripes Yea it waves for the ones who died And gave their lives so you and I could live our own It stands for truth, it stands for grace These colors don't run and to this day It carries sacrifice and scars in ever stripe and star it has You might know the definition but the truth is It's more than a flag It's there when we fight It's there when we fall On foreign shores and right at home Yea you know it's true That's why we bleed red, white ad blue It's more than a flag or stars and stripes Yea it waves for the ones who died And gave their lives so you and I could live our own It stands for truth, it stands for grace These colors don't run and to this day It carries sacrifice and scars in ever stripe and star it has You might know the definition but the truth is It's more than a flag Yea you might know the definition but the truth is It's more than a flag