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    Today's the day our younger son is going off to war, 
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    fightin' in the age old battle we've sometimes won before. 
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    Flags that line old Main Street are blowin' in the wind, 
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    these must be the flags of freedom flyin'. 

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   Church bells are ringin' as the families stand and wave, 
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    some of them are cryin', ‘cause the soldiers look so brave. 
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    Lookin' straight ahead, like they know just where they're goin', 
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     past the flags of freedom flyin'. 

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    Sister has her headphones on, she hears the music blasting, 
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    she sees her brother marchin' by, their bond is everlasting. 
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    Listening to Bob Dylan singin' in 1963, 
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    watching the flags of freedom flyin'. 

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   She sees the president speakin' on a flat-screen TV 
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   in the window of the old appliance store. 
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    She turns to see her brother again, but he's already walkin' past 
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    the flags of freedom flyin'. 

                       A 
    Have you seen the flags of freedom? 
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    What color are they now? 
                   A 
    Do you think that you believe in yours 
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    more than they do theirs somehow, 
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    when you see the flags of freedom flyin'? 

          D                                                  G                D 
    Today's the day our younger son is going off to war, 
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    fightin' in the age old battle we've sometimes won before. 
       A                                                    E                  G 
    Flags that line old Main Street are blowin' in the wind, 
       D                          A                        D 
    these must be the flags of freedom flyin'.