American Patriotic Songs - The Flag lyrics

I raised a flag today

A flag with fifty stars

I raised a flag today

A flag with thirteen bars.

I raised a flag today

To honor those who died

I raised a flag today

And then I stood and cried.

I cried and wept and cursed and prayed

And had to wonder "why?"

Angst and anger welled inside me

And then I saw it fly.

The flag snapped briskly in the wind

It unfurled in the sky

Its glory rose above my fears

Its freedom was not denied.

The symbol of our country

The banner of our pride

The flag of these United States

Flew boldly at my side.

I raised a flag today

But the flag, it lifted me.

I raised a flag today

For all the world to see.

I raised a flag today

And upon seeing it, I knew:

Above the dusty, ashen gray would rise

The red, the white, and the blue.

God Bless America