Raise The Flag

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I wore red clay on my boots At first light, by the river bend Seen hard times in a split-screen town Folks worked too much to just pretend Stores got boarded, pride got thin But we still had a pulse in our hands You can feel a nation lean When the common man makes his stand [Pre-Chorus] We’ve been bent, but not broken We’ve been burned, but not gone From the mill to the mailbox Hear that old truth roll on If you call, we answer If you rise, we rise There’s a fire in these backroads And it’s opening our eyes [Chorus] Take it back, take it back Take it back, America Stand up now, stand up now We were made for better days Raise it high, raise it high Let that old flag shake again Take it back, take it back Make it great again [Verse 2] Mama sang through the gray dawn Daddy punched the clock in the dark Kids grew up on front-porch promises And a stubborn, beating heart We don’t need kings in marble rooms We don’t need lies dressed up as gold We need truth in a work-worn voice And a place where the brave get told [Pre-Chorus] We’ve been bent, but not broken We’ve been burned, but not gone From the mill to the mailbox Hear that old truth roll on If you call, we answer If you rise, we rise There’s a fire in these backroads And it’s opening our eyes [Chorus] Take it back, take it back Take it back, America Stand up now, stand up now We were made for better days Raise it high, raise it high Let that old flag shake again Take it back, take it back Make it great again [Bridge] [Half-time, clapped and bare] Out of the dust, we’re building Out of the doubt, we sing Not for a party, for the people Not for the few, for everything (We rise) from the ache (We rise) from the rain (We rise) with the ones who stayed And carried this place through pain [Final Chorus] Take it back, take it back Take it back, America Stand up now, stand up now We were made for better days Raise it high, raise it high Let that old flag shake again Take it back, take it back Make it great again Take it back, take it back Take it back, America (We rise) (We rise) (We rise)