The Stars and Stripes blow free

On the roof tops of Baghdad

B15s fly circles

In the skies like Galahad

Everybody's hungry

And the water is shut off

I don't know the enemy

It's so hard to be free.

 

Came upon an immigrant

So weary from the road

His hands were worn his faith was torn

A tale he did unfold

Settled here twelve years ago

He wanted civil rights

Again his flag fell to the ground

He don't know who to fight.

 

Show me a peace sign

Help me to be free

Let the ground on which I walk

Stretch to eternity

If I wake to find a door

Lock away my dreams

Fly the flags of Freedom at half-mast

Till every man is free.

 

Give me democracy

And light my eyes to see

Let the sails of liberation

Set a course for me

Show me no injustice

And I'll give back dignity

I don't know where we went wrong

We all need to be free.