American Flag Umbrella Lyrics

I'm building a house on the limb

I need something that could stop a war

But I'm beset on all sides

By extremists with eyes on my heart

So I lie to everyone

I've lied to so many lovers

I've gotten away with it too

But if God is against us

Then who can be for us my friends

There's justice for everyone

Please take your hands off my brother

Please take your laws off my lover

The agents of law

Should always be blind and on time

Till there's freedom for everyone

Where are your american brothers

American before they were named

They're a huddling mass

With no oceans to cross for our shores

Where there's fortune for everyone

Oppression is always oppression

No matter the reasons or means
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For skin or for sex,

By stares or by fists it's the same

There are blinders on everyone

I've looked through the eyes of my father

I've walked through lincoln's backyard

And there's still a backseat

When you ride on the bus through this town

There's color on everyone

So we lie beneath a tree of no color

Like an american flag umbrella

It keeps the elements out

And it's stuck to the ground in this place

But there's room for everyone

I know a way out of hell

We raise all our enemies' children

After they've murdered ours

We affix all their scars to our walls

So there's heartbreak for everyone

In the end it will all be ok

That's what the wise men tell us

So if it's not ok then it's not the end, oh my friends

There's hope for everyone