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Flag On The Wall

TRACK NOTES
This song came out of nowhere at the kitchen table in my house in Nashville. The first three chords somehow suggested a whole narrative about an elusive waitress with a Philosophy of Coffee, and that brought a melody, and hey, I just tried to cling onto the guitar as it hurtled down the road of the story.

CREDITS
This has Bob Hatter on lead electric guitar. Some other studio cats play on it. Oh, and I'm singing it and playing acoustic.

LYRICS
On a highway near Modesto
I stopped to rest my eyes
And the waitress wore a short dress blue as prairie skies,
She said “How far are you going?”
With a smile upon that face,
I said “I’m headin’ out to Kansas, I’ve got a little place”

(And she said:)
I could stay right here forever
But it might get pretty old
And I’ve always thought it’s better to go
Before the coffee gets too cold

My trailer looked down on the river
But she said it was too small
So I built a fine log cabin as leaves began to fall;
But that next springtime seemed to hit her
Like a thorn in her side
And she said: Baby, won’t you take me for a long vacation ride…

We could stay right here forever
But it might get pretty old
So I guess we'd better be on our way
Before the coffee gets too cold

So with the rest of my money
I took her for a spin
And her eyes were like the bluebells along the mountain rim
We made a stop to get a coffee
And I went to wash my hands
So I never heard her say it, to some other man:

(Hey baby…)
We could stay right here forever
But it might get pretty old
So I guess we'd better be on our way
Before the coffee gets too cold

Flag On The Wall

Chris Janson

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