From the Album: Stompin' Ground (SBS Records)

Flagpole Michelle Malone (STRANGE BIRD SONGS/ASCAP)

I see flags blowing like leaves

Hanging on to skinny trees

I hope that they don’t hit the ground

Like burning stars showering down

Silent questions in the air

Confuse the puppet with the player

A religious right with government

He gets the vote but don’t represent me

Hold me, give me hope, hold me, don’t let go

I see flags hanging like lights

Casting shadows down tonight

It’s hard to know just who to trust

Focus groups don’t focus on us

I have a wife and 2 small kids

Six bucks an hour don’t make a dent

When money talks to hear itself

Change is made but it don’t help

Hold me, give me hope, hold me, don’t let go

Flagpole, run me up

Flagpole, run me down

Flagpole, run me up

Don’t run me around, around, around

Disenfranchised family

Seeking help from agency

That was shut down just recently

The money’s in the middle east

I wish that they could see the light

But they’re too blinded by the glare

Of avarice and power and greed

Stand tall skinny tree

Flagpole, run me up

Flagpole, run me down

Flagpole, run me up

Don’t run me around

YOUR FLAGPOLE