Songs For A New World movie - Flagmaker, 1775 lyrics

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Song by Jessica Molaskey<br /><br>

WOMAN 2:<br>

With the guns flaring <br>

And drums pounding <br>

There's no hope of getting rest <br>

With the lights glaring <br>

And calls sounding <br>

And the clenching in your chest <br>

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When the man's in battle <br>

And the baby's rattle <br>

Only makes you more depressed <br>

The wise woman does what she knows <br>

If it's fighting she fights <br>

If it's sewing she sews <br>

When the tension inside <br>

Overflows and goes to far <br>

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One more star, one more stripe <br>

To escape your lonely bed <br>

One more star, one more stripe <br>

Join the blue, the white and red <br>

One more star, one more stripe <br>

As you pray your child's not dead <br>

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With the roof leaking <br>

And walls wetter <br>

And the night as black as pitch <br>

With the wind shrieking <br>

And his last letter <br>

Says his fighting in a ditch <br>

Then the candle flickers <br>

And the river bickers <br>

What else can you do but stitch <br>

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One more star, one more stripe <br>

Til you feel the rising sun <br>

One more star, one more stripe <br>

Til this foolishness is done <br>

One more star, one more stripe <br>

We'll be waiting when we've won <br>

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Grab a needle, grab a thimble <br>

If it's all that keeps you sane <br>

Think of freedom as a symbol <br>

Think of justice as a game <br>

Think of life with independence <br>

Think of muskets and brigades <br>

Think of taking the oppressors <br>

Think of banners and parades <br>

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When the gate creaks <br>

And the paint cracks <br>

And the cat cries <br>

And the night falls <br>

Raise a flag <br>

Raise a flag <br>

Raise a flag til you're free <br>

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One more star, one more stripe <br>

Til this bloodshed's finally through <br>

One more star, one more stripe <br>

Til they come back home to you <br>

One more star, one more stripe <br>

When there's nothing you can do <br>

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If they take all the things <br>

That define what you were and are <br>

One more star...<br>

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