Lyrics for Freak Flag

Copyright © 2011 Hacklebarney Music
  1. Someday House
  2. Where Are You Going When You're Gone?
  3. Rain & Snow
  4. Freak Flag
  5. Lovinest One
  6. I Don't Know Anybody in This Town
  7. Flat Stuff
  8. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
  9. Let the Mystery Be (Iris Dement)
  10. Remember the Sun (Pieta Brown)
  11. Tenderhearted Child

Someday House

I'm living in a someday house I'm here and I'm there I'm staring at your blouse Thrown over a chair I'm deep in a quandary Another child that got old I don't mind doing the laundry If you'll help me fold Looks like bright sunshine Well, let's hang'em out on the line And then it starts to rain again It's too quiet on this block They call it a nice neighborhood But I'm staring at the clock And I'm up to no good I can sleep when I'm dead If I live that long Forget everything I said I know most of it was wrong I can twist and I can shout Come on, let's go out And then it starts to rain again Well, you don't fire from the hip You're a real straight-shooter You got such pretty lips Do you know what you do to A man like me, odd fellow Who just has to be outside I don't need no umbrella Will you be my bride? I'll be the one with the apple Let's go down to the chapel Even if it starts to rain again

Where Are You Going When You're Gone?

I gotta get me Some new teeth I gotta get under the Underneath Smokestack lightning Takin' all my shine I gotta drink me Some good red wine She said "Where are you going when you're gone?" "Where are you going when you're gone?" "Where are you going when you're gone?" "Where are you going when you're gone?" I gotta get clear Off the grid I gotta live with Nothing hid I gotta see The old stomp I gotta find me something I want She said "Where are you going when you're gone?" "Where are you going when you're gone?" "Where are you going when you're gone?" "Where are you going when you're gone?" Shake your belly Don't spill your beer I'm so glad you Stumbled over here We gotta shake it All the way down We gotta turn this Whole thing around She said "Where are you going when you're gone?" "Where are you going when you're gone?" "Where are you going when you're gone?" "Where are you going when you're gone?"

Rain & Snow

What you want You can have I got two And you Can have the bigger I figure It's only fair If you want to My sweet Go ahead Take and eat And anyway This rain will wash us On from here There's a root Sticking out From the dirt It won't hurt To pull it clear Right here And make a fire Make a shelter Of sticks Some thin Some thick High and low Rain and snow Like a choir Fall on me If you're falling Fall on me If you're falling If you're falling Fall on me Things glow In the snow Let us follow And swallow Everything Like a wing In flight When the coal Gets old I will feed you Because I need you To stay warm I mean no harm Tonight Fall on me If you're falling Fall on me If you're falling If you're falling Fall on me

Freak Flag

I grew up in the shadow of the bomb Come of age during Vietnam Many thousand gone - I never did know why Well 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, flag of brown Leaves in the sky, roots in the ground I'm singing and stomping by the dawn's early light For every soul being beat down For every child who sees the light and turns around Come on now - let's let that freak flag fly - fly - fly

Lovinest One

Ah, you are the lovinest one You are the lovinest one The moon has to have a sun The circle is for everyone You are the lovinest one You are the lovinest one You are the lovinest one It might look like we were done Here comes your love just like the sun You are the lovinest one Ah, you ar? the lovinest one You ar? the lovinest one It's hard, it's so fun Staying here where we belong You are the lovinest one

I Don't Know Anybody in This Town

I went 90 on highway 9 It's all one road, just different signs Just like there's more concrete than open ground And I don't know anybody in this town Well leave me by the river, dying of thirst Wherever you go, someone got there first Oh, and they sure wish that you were not around And I don't know anybody in this town That U.S.A. is out of touch Looks like the big dog ate too much Whining and turning, whining and turning around And I don't know anybody in this town Well, Naomi is still out there looking for Ruth Some people lie so long that it passes for truth Last time I checked, what go?s up still comes down And I don't know anybody in this town Well, ev?ry morning of every day I think things can't go on this way It's all gonna blow up, or just fall down And I don't know anybody in this town Well, the air is burning and the concrete is damp And I'm just looking for an exit ramp I wonder where all these crazy souls are bound I don't know anybody in this town No, I don't know anybody in this town

Flat Stuff

Sundown like a showtune Trumpets play full blast To create a great impression Ah, but it doesn't seem to last Flat stuff, flat stuff Way out to the..., way out to the setting sun You can't find no river That ain't low and brown It's full of sixteen catfish Who just lay there farting around Flat stuff, flat stuff Way out to the..., way out to the setting sun The sun looks like a cookie That didn't come out right The moon looks like a cookie And someone stole a bite Flat stuff, flat stuff Way out to the..., way out to the setting sun Pete hollers to Ruthie "Open me a beer When you get it open Bring it over here." Flat stuff, flat stuff Way out to the..., way out to the setting sun When them old boys come through Sometimes I think it would have been best If they'd said, "Jesus, it's too flat here" And just kept going west Out of the flat stuff, flat stuff Way out to the..., way out to the setting sun

Mercy, Mercy, Mercy

The world, it may be ending But I'm still planting seeds Urging all the flowers Struggling with the weeds Neck deep in disaster I still love this place Mercy, mercy, mercy Tears on her face Well, my life, it may be ending I may be falling down I always felt that I was dirt Walking around I love the big deal But I believe in grace Mercy, mercy, mercy Tears on her face I don't know why us people Do the things we do We're mostly fine just like we are If we could get a clue This longing for an afterlife Has damn near wrecked this place Mercy, mercy, mercy Tears on her face

Let the Mystery Be

(Iris Dement) Everybody's wonderin' what and where they all came from Everybody's worried about where they're gonna go when the whole thing's done But no one knows for certain so it's all the same to me I think I'll just let the mystery be Some say once you're gone, you're gone forever some say you're gonna come back Some say you rest in the arms of the savior if in sinful ways you lack Some say they're comin' back in the garden, a bunch of carrots and little sweet peas I think I'll just let the mystery be Some say they're goin' to a place called Glory and I ain't sayin' that ain't a fact But I've heard I'm on the road to purgatory and I don't like the sound of that Well, I believe in love and I live my life accordingly I choose to let the mystery be Oh, everybody's wonderin' what and where they all came from Everybody's worried about where they're gonna go when the whole thing's done But no one knows for certain so it's all the same to me I think I'll just let the mystery be

Remember the Sun

(Pieta Brown) The way of the world Is getting so heavy Restless, helpless People get ready Remember the sun Remember the sun Remember the sun Remember, remember the sun In the middle of the day Nothing seems right You lost your morning In the middle of the night Remember the sun Rem?mber the sun Rem?mber, remember the sun There's so much to do That ain't getting done The hopes of the people Are under the gun Remember the sun Remember the sun Remember, remember the sun It's going 'round and 'round Covering ground It always comes up After it is down Shine on everyone Remember the sun The thief from the hill The crook in the alley We can rise up From down in the valley Remember the sun Remember the sun Remember, remember the sun Look at your sister Look at your brother Look at your father And your sweet mother Remember the sun Remember the sun Remember, remember the sun Hand to hand Head to toe You can find the sun Wherever you go Remember the sun Remember the sun Remember, remember the sun Remember, remember the sun Remember, remember the sun

Tenderhearted Child

Tenderhearted child You make me laugh out loud I see you come runnin' I can pick you out of any crowd Following your own direction Doing things your way Full of such emotion You never want to call it a day You laugh when you are happy You cry when you are sad You go off to your dream place You yell when you are mad May you learn to stay open Even when you're feeling riled May your love never fail you Tenderhearted child I've made my mistakes Made some for you, too But I've always loved you That's what I'll always do I love to watch you learning I love to watch you grow I love to try to learn Some of what you know I wish that we could leave you A world that knows no war Where all of God's children Would never suffer anymore May you not give into bitterness May your heart stay undefiled May your love never fail you Tenderhearted child Tenderhearted child I will always be your dad Even when you leave home Please call me when you're sad This world that we have made It's wicked and it's wild May your love never fail you Tenderhearted child
Lyrics courtesy of Red House Records.

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