[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...