Posted on 10/30/2001 7:06:24 PM PST by spokeshave
This aint no rag its a flag and we dont wear it on our heads.
Its a symbol of the land where the good guys live are you listening to what I said.
Youre a coward and a fool and you broke all the rules and you wounded our American pride
Now were coming with a gun and we know youre gonna run but you cant find no place to hide.
Were gonna hunt you down like a mad dog hound and make you pay for the lives you stole.
Were all through talking and messing around and now its time to rock and roll.
These colors dont run and were speaking as one when we say united we stand.
If you mess with one you mess with us all every boy, girl, woman and man.
Youve been acting mighty rash and talking that trash but let me give you some advice. You can crawl back in your hole like a dirty little mole but now its time to pay the price.
You might have shot us in the back but now you have to face the fact that the big boys in the game.
The lightning's been flashing and the thunders been crashing and now its gettin ready to rain
Chorus: This is the United States of America the land of the brave and free We believe in God, we believe in justice, we believe in liberty Youve been pulling our chain we shoulda done something about you a long time ago But now the flags flying high and the furs gonna fly and now the whole worlds gonna know. This aint no rag its a flag old glory red white and blue The stars and stripes and when it comes to a fight we can do what we have to do. Our people stand proud the American crowd is faithful and loyal and tough Were as good as the best and better than the rest youre gonna find out soon enough When you look up in the sky and you see the eagle fly youd better know hes headed your way This aint no rag its a flag and it stands for the USA
Haven't heard it since, though.
Charlie didn't give any ground to that smarmy Colmes person either.
Apparently various "lefties" don't like the lyrics
"...Youve been acting mighty rash and talking that trash but let me give you some advice. You can crawl back in your hole like a dirty little mole but now its time to pay the price..."
Long Live Charlie Daniels and the CDB!!!Simply cannot believe that he wasn't allowed to perform this on the Country Music Special to raise money for the WTC.
"too controversial", they said.....PHOOEY !! !! !!I'm proud to even claim a little 'Common Gound' to this Great American as I live in the same little town, in Tennessee, as he does.
If you look up "Real Americans" in the dictionary - You'll see his smiling, bearded, hat-covered face in that croud.....
Note to binladen: don't mess with rednecks.
http://www.charliedaniels.com/
I'm off to order the song... ;)
From the Soapbox on his web site:
"There are probably some of you folks out there who are wondering why we didnt appear on the CMT Country Freedom Concert for the Salvation Army to benefit the victims of the September 11th Attack on America. We were announced and scheduled and had every intention of doing the show, until we gave the CMT folks the lyrics to a new song I had written and wanted to perform on the show.
"After receiving the words they informed us that we could not do the song on the show and when we asked them why they said that the show was a healing type show and they were afraid that the song would offend someone. I would never do anything to hurt the show but I knew that they had the very epitome of country stars and didnt particularly need us to sell tickets. With this in mind, I decided to pull off the show for personal reasons which I would like to share with you.
"Let me preface my remarks by saying that I respect CMTs right to not allow anything they dont agree with to go out over their airwaves. And in all fairness, I guess they were taking the sensibilities of the victims families into account. But I respectfully and vehemently disagree with their stand. First of all, I dont feel that this is the time for healing. I feel that this is the time to rub salt in the wounds and keep America focused on the job at hand. We lost almost seven thousand people in the Trade Towers and Pentagon and were worrying about offending somebody? We have seven month old babies infected with Anthrax and were afraid well hurt someones feelings? Brave Americans forced a plane down in a field in Pennsylvania and were worried about ruffling someones feathers? Were sending our sons and daughters off to fight and perhaps die in a war we had nothing to do with starting and were concerned about insulting somebody? I felt to give into this political correctness would be to turn my back on the people who lost their lives on 9 -11 and on the brave men and women who defend this country. The title of the song is This Aint No Rag Its A Flag, and I dont apologize for a word in Ill let you all decide for yourselves."
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