Flag And Family Lyrics - Cursive

Your daddy and my daddy had a drink at the bar 

Talking about what was best for me 

Without a name or a degree, 

Stubbornly holding onto you 

And you pulling away from me 

The best that they could say, 

For my restless teenage ways, 

Was time in the service 

Might serve me well, 

Even if it's just service in 

The latrines 

Lucy my love, 

Don't go sending me off to war 

I put up with your family, 

Full of bigots and fanatics, 

Just to get a little closer to you, 

Now you've turned on me too 

You have turned on me too. 

Go hide behind your flag and family 

This town has nothing left for me 

This town is nothing more 

Than a fundamentalist penitentiary 

When you're down on your knees 

Are you praying for holy war? 

When you're down on your knees 

Are you praying for holy war? 

Lucy my love, 

Don't go sending me off to war 

We must live, 

We must true, 

To our childhood dreams, 

Or they're worthless 

And our youth is insincere 

So where do we find worth? 

I put up with your family, 

Full of bigots and fanatics, 

Just to get a little closer to you, 

Now you've turned on me too 

You have turned on me too. 

When you're down on your knees 

Are you praying for holy war? 

When you're down on your knees 

Are you praying for holy war? 

Lucy my love, 

Don't go sending me off to war 

We must live, 

We must true, 

To our childhood dreams, 

Or they are worthless 

And our youth is insincere 

So where do we find worth?