Patriotic Song Lyrics
From Independent Songwriters
The outpouring of American Flags in response to the terrorist attacks served as inspiration for the following song:
Our Flag Is Unfurled
Copyright 2001 Don Comiskey
All rights reserved
Our forefathers built this great country
where freedom and justice prevail.
It's with them that we send out this message
that hatred and evil will fail.
Now our Flag is unfurled
and we're telling the world
that freedom and justice will stay.
That we still have our pride,
we have God by our side,
we will stand by our land, the USA.
Our comrades were lost that September
when sadness had touched our great land.
It's with them that we send out this message
that terror on our people won't stand.
Now our Flag is unfurled
and we're telling the world
that freedom and justice will stay.
That we still have our pride,
we have God by our side,
we will stand by our land, the USA.
Our soldiers are brave men and women
who will proudly defend our liberty.
It's with them that we send out this message
that we'll fight for our right to be free.
Now our Flag is unfurled
and we're telling the world
that freedom and justice will stay.
That we still have our pride,
we have God by our side,
we will stand by our land, the USA.
Our call is upon other nations
to join us in defeating evil's wrath.
It's with them that we send out this message
that nothing will stand in our path.
Now our Flag is unfurled
and we're telling the world
that freedom and justice will stay.
That we still have our pride,
we have God by our side,
we will stand by our land, the USA.
Yes we still have our pride,
we have God by our side,
we will stand by our land, the USA.
The Flag
Bob Mann
From=RR-Mann@wiu.edu
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
Finney from Pasadena, CA, who is originally from India and has been in the US for 11 years, was so moved by the events of September 11 he wrote the following song.
"Let Freedom Reign"
Finney Premkumar
There have been many wars
On the shores of liberty
The losses have been much
But the cause will always be
There's a flag that still stands
It will never fall
So it's time for one and all
To answer freedom's call
Let freedom reign
Shine the light of day
And guide us on our way
Let freedom reign
Drive the clouds away
And let the sun shine through
The red, white and blue
I am proud to stand tall
As those who've done before
The stars n' stripes will be my pride
And in God I am assured
Though the battle may be lost
And though the fortress may fall
We will rise to build again
Cause victory is our end
Let freedom reign
Shine the light of day
And guide us on our way
Let freedom reign
Drive the clouds away
And let the sun shine through
The red, white and blue
Let freedom reign
Let freedom reign
And let the sun shine through
The red, white and blue
--Finney Premkumar, 2002
What the Flag Means
A Tribute to American Heroes
Mark Heffron
Rob and John were brothers in war.
They charged the beach at Normandy.
Robert fell at Omaha
And Johnny died near Isigny.
You'll find their graves on that faraway shore
They fought to save from tyranny.
And every dawn at reveille
Their banner's raised in victory.
See what freedom costs in each marble cross
And what the flag means to the free.
Henry came from a small river town.
He left his home for Vietnam.
Drawn to the flag of a high ideal,
He fought the war nobody won.
One day he forded a wild jungle stream
And there a sniper shot him down
And his lifeblood joined that sacred will
Our fathers forged on Bunker Hill.
Read it in the names on these granite walls:
What the flag means when you're called.
Michael ran like the wind on the tide.
He knew the race went to the bold.
He gained more speed with every stride
Until his shoes turned into gold.
And when he watched on that gold medal day
Old Glory rise, the Anthem play,
The tears came streaming down his face
When he felt that force beyond the grave.
Every freeman's life sings their sacrifice-
What the flag means to the brave.
Patrick Brown was a Queens fireman.
He captained ladder number three.
He knew the look of the frightened face
That sought the light of liberty.
That day his crew climbed the North Tower stairs
And all our hopes came crashing down,
There he saw that shining face
He'd spent his whole life trying to save.
You know your job is done when your rescue comes
And your life shines like the sun.
Tonight a storm veils a poor widowed world.
Her lonely tears just fall like rain.
A young man wakes from a troubled dream
And hears a hero call his name.
And as he makes that fateful vow
He knows his life is not his own.
And a new hope lights the starry sea
High above the Land of Liberty.
See the million flights of the Stars and Stripes-
What the flag means to the free.
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