Remnants of a Nation

1 week ago by @rocketgrrrl

Remnants of a Nation

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Liner Notes

#folk #girlwithpiano #flute #political

Thank you, #dailywritingprompt, for pointing me to "Hope is a Tattered Flag" by #carlsandburg.

Lyrics

Remnants of a Nation
Jemma Kline

I see those stripes
On tattered cloth
And in my heart, I feel the longing and the loss.
Teach me to sing,
And to salute
To say the words that make me sound so resolute.

These were my stars,
This was my nation,
But are the remnants of it simply not worth saving?

We could find thread
To sew it back,
To reassemble all the glory that we had,
Or cut it up,
Release it all,
For we have grown beyond the need for border walls.

These were my stars,
This was my nation,
But are the remnants of it simply not worth saving?

(flute)
You speak of good,
You speak of evil,
But in the end, I think that we are simply people.

These were my stars,
This was my nation,
But are the remnants of it simply not worth saving?

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