[ti:Stars And Stripes] [ar:Anti-Flag] [al:Underground Network] [00:01.13]ANTI-FLAG Stars And Stripes LYRICS [03:24.84] [00:35.34]welcoming with open arms and [00:36.84]with open hearts [00:39.84]in the end they found their arms in shackles [00:42.64]and their hearts torn out [00:45.16]this country named "america" [00:47.58]is built on graves [00:50.00]of the natives who lived here before [00:52.11]genocide took place [00:55.40]the word "america" means "freedom" - as in [00:57.50]"free to kill the free..." [03:17.89] [00:59.32]don't fly those stripes [01:05.05] [01:00.30]those stars-and-stripes for me [01:02.85]for me don't fly those stripes [01:07.66]for me... For me! [01:19.75]it's the same today as then [01:21.06]as U.S. (tax) dollars are spent [01:24.30]to rid the native insurgence in Mexico [01:26.70]and any other U.S. (corporate) "interests" [01:29.15]the 3rd world is a modern day playground [01:31.30]for multinational companies [01:33.62]and the tax dollars we're forced to pay [01:35.42]fund these heartless U.S. policies [01:39.57]their explanation... [01:40.70]"it's national interest, national security..." [03:09.78] [01:44.49]those stars-and-stripes for me, for me [03:13.37] [01:53.10]they Stand for greed [03:14.53] [01:54.26]they stand for hate, for nothing i believe [02:02.91]at little big horn national cemetery [02:04.71]there's a monument that reads: [02:07.82]"to the soldiers killed in montana while clearing [02:10.39]hostile indians away... ' [02:13.23]and there's a flag there flying high [02:14.97]over the fallen killers' graves [02:17.97]when they call on me to die for them [02:20.08]i'll say... "not me!" [03:19.57] [02:43.53]those stars-and-stripes for me... [02:53.92]they stand for hate [02:55.33]for nothing i believe...