pulverized cast aside but i survived now fly the flag criticized opened wide left to die now fly the flag brutalized cut down to size but i'll survive now fly the flag deified mystified crucified now fly the flag justified penalized but i survived now fly the flag learned to fight two black eyes but i'll survive now fly the flag all the things i thought i'd never be now it looks like they're all happening to me battlewise streetwise lies and lies now fly the flag lonely eyes on my own tonight but i'll survive now fly the flag hypnotize petrified but i'll survive now fly the flag glorified victimized but i'll survive now fly the flag all these things i thought i'd never be and it looks like they're all happening to me this one's for every lonely heart when they've got you beat before you start when it seems you're all alone you've got nowhere to go beaten down again don't let the bastards get you down get up tonight stand up tonight just don't let them keep you down and fly just fly now fly the flag