Freak Flag

I grew up in the shadow of The Bomb
 Come of age during Viet Nam
 Many thousand gone - I never did know why
 Well look around - it's so hard to see
 What's happening to our big family
 I'm an American - I'm gonna let my freak flag fly - fly
 Well my dad preached a message of love
 I heard him say on the day he passed on above
 He said "Use what you got, son, to raise a hopeful cry"
 Dad, I heard what you had to say
 I try to hold to it every day
 I'm your boy - I'm gonna let my freak flag fly - fly - fly
 Flag of green, flag of brown
 Leaves in the sky, roots in the ground
 I'm singing and stomping by the dawns early light
 For every soul being beat down
 For every child who sees the light and turns around
 Come on now - let's let that freak flag fly - fly - fly