Flag's Still Up

There's a flag in the backyard nobody voted on

Salsa Verde, drawn in marker, and it don't ever come down

Elliot made the whole clan up, gave the dogs their orders

Razzy leads the charge and Bucky trails behind

Ollie's got a laptop and a beat he won't stop playing

Middle school and telling me the drums come in too late

Took me half my life to learn to hear a room like that

Now he's schooling his old man and I ain't mad about it

Twenty five years, Gaelyn, and I still ain't caught up

I want more for you than I ever wanted for myself

So I'll take the early mornings and I'll take the long way home

If it keeps this little kingdom standing on its own

Sunday we walk the sand down at JG's

Two boys out ahead, two dogs pulling on the leash

You say something quiet and the ocean eats the words

And I say yeah anyway, 'cause I know that it was good

Twenty five years, Gaelyn, and I still ain't caught up

I want more for you than I ever wanted for myself

So I'll take the early mornings and I'll take the long way home

If it keeps this little kingdom standing on its own

Flag's still up

Flag's still up