John Prine - Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore guitar chord

Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore

By John Prine

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While digesting Reader's Digest in the back of the dirty book store

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A plastic flag with gum on the back fell out on the floor

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Well, I picked it up and I ran outside, slapped on my windowshield

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And if I could see old Betsy Ross, I’d tell her how good I feel

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But your flag decal won't get you into heaven anymore

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They're already overcrowded from your dirty little wars

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Now Jesus don't like killin', no matter what the reason for

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And your flag decal won't get you into heaven anymore

Well, I went to the bank this morning and the cashier he said to me,

If you join the Christmas club we'll give you ten of them flags for free

Well, I didn't mess around a bit, I took her up on what she said

And I stuck them stickers all over my car and one on my wife's forehead

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Well, I got my windowshield so filled with flags I couldn't see

So, I ran the car upside a curb and right into a tree

By the time they got a doctor down, I was already dead

And I'll never understand why the man standing in the Pearly Gates said

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