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Wrapped in a Flag

from Anchor & Ship by Ian Fisher

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Chain me to a fortress put me outside on the porch
With a gun and a target reminding me what my life's worth
Cut me up in pieces there and feed me to your men
Because we've forget the reasons why we are or were living

I am just a soldier, a killer, a father
Taking my orders, missing my son and daughters
I was whispering through the night
I was shooting through the day
But now my wings have been clipped
No flight can free me from these chains

Wrapped in a flag Wrapped in a flag and tore to pieces
Wrapped in a flag Wrapped in a flag and forced to die for a nation

The way that it seems may match up with scenes that you may have seen on TV
But the way that it is may always be hid until you have seen what I have seen
With my back to the wall, so long I crawled until I learned to run the other way
So close to the end I could feel it in my hands right when I got in a bullet's way

And watched it slip away
Down into the gutter from where it came
Out into the sea
Were the fishes eat my bones and the tourist on the shore line forget me
And the people that I fought for and the people that I fought
Slowly Slowly Slowly forget me…

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from Anchor & Ship, released December 1, 2010
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Music:
Ben Majchrzak - producer, engineersound
Ryan Carpenter - piano
Ian Fisher - lyrics, vocals, guitar
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Cover Art:
Peter Baldinger - title of work "Concorde - Disaster #1"
Chris Baldinger - album layout
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Ian Fisher Vienna, Austria

A modern songwriter born in rural America and living in Europe, making what Rolling Stone calls "Half Americana & Half Abbey Road-Worthy Pop".

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