Fireside Flags

Friday sun on a gravel lane Cooler packed in the back again

Stars and stripes on a porch rail wave Old lawn chairs by

the county stage Kids run wild through the sprinkler mist Granddad grins

with a paper plate twist

Smoke from the pit rolls sweet and slow That hometown radio steals

the show We raise a toast to the ones we miss And

hold this moment like a summer kiss

It's Memorial Day weekend,

let the long road play Red white blue and a little heartache

For the names we carry and the lives they gave We laugh

we cry and we bow our heads Then the band kicks in

and the night rolls on Under fireworks and an August song Home

feels close when the whole town sings On Memorial Day weekend

Mama folds a flag on the kitchen chair Says freedom's got a

story everywhere From a black-and-white in a wooden frame To a fresh-cut

field and a family name By the riverbank when the daylight dips

We trade old tales and potato chips Every sunset paints what words

can't say Love remembers in its own plain way

So here's to the ones still riding with the wind Here's to

the missing seat we feel again

We carry you into the summer air

It's Memorial Day weekend,

let the long road play Red white blue and a little heartache

For the names we carry and the lives they gave We laugh

we cry and we bow our heads Then the band kicks in

and the night rolls on Under fireworks and an August song Home

feels close when the whole town sings On Memorial Day weekend Monday

moon

over the tailgate dust

We head on home with the good kind of trust Memorial Day

weekend (ooh)