Your Flag Decal Won't Get You into Heaven Anymore - Live

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While digesting Reader's Digest
 In the back of a dirty book store,
 A plastic flag, with gum on the back,
 Fell out on the floor.
 Well, I picked it up and I ran outside
 Slapped it on my window shield,
 And if I could see old Betsy Ross
 I'd tell her how good I feel.
 But your flag decal won't get you
 Into Heaven any more.
 They're already overcrowded
 From your dirty little war.
 Now Jesus don't like killin'
 No matter what the reason's for,
 And your flag decal won't get you
 Into Heaven any more.
 Well, I went to the bank this morning
 And the cashier he said to me,
 "If you join the Christmas club
 We'll give you ten of them flags for free."
 Well, I didn't mess around a bit
 I took him up on what he said.
 And I stuck them stickers all over my car
 And one on my wife's forehead.
 But your flag decal won't get you
 Into Heaven any more.
 They're already overcrowded
 From your dirty little war.
 Now Jesus don't like killin'
 No matter what the reason's for,
 And your flag decal won't get you
 Into Heaven any more.
 Well, I got my window shield so filled
 With flags I couldn't see.
 So, I ran the car upside a curb
 And right into a tree.
 By the time they got a doctor down
 I was already dead.
 And I'll never understand why the man
 Standing in the Pearly Gates said...
 "But your flag decal won't get you
 Into Heaven any more.
 We're already overcrowded
 From your dirty little war.
 Now Jesus don't like killin'
 No matter what the reason's for,
 And your flag decal won't get you
 Into Heaven any more."

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Duration
05:35
Key
5
Tempo
80 BPM

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