Lee Andrews Morgan - Flags Lyrics

Hey, y'all, gather 'round, it's time for the show,
We've got tricks from places we hardly know.

Rings that link and ropes that rise
Names that make us sound mystic and wise!

Oh, it's magical misappropriation,
We're the kings of cultural inflation!
We take the exotic with a wave and a smile
And claim it our own, in the Western Style.

Mysterious rings that link with such ease
Do they come from the east? Who cares?
Let's call them Chinese.

A piece of yarn, tom and made anew
We've got to have this
Let's call it something Hindu

Oh, it's magical misappropriation,
A sleight of hand sensation!
We take their wonders, and make 'em ours,
Turning their magic into Western powers!

The list goes on, but we just don't have the time
Although now, the Mongolian Clock comes to mind
How about Swami? Do we even know what that is?
From India we got the rope and from Egypt the Sands!
Plenty of things from the Gypsies and let's not forget the Afghan Bands!

Oh, it's magical misappropriation,
A grand illusion of exploitation!
Just bring it home, put it in the bags
They've got traditions but we've got flags!
Hindu Shuffle, what a lousy sleight,
But the name makes it sound more than justified,
Although it doesn't come from mystical lands,
It's suitable for those with Lego hands!
Lego hands!

Oh, it's magical misappropriation,
A theatrical desecration!
We blend and bend with a Western hand,
Turning foreign wonders into our brand!
Oh, it's magical misappropriation,
A grand illusion of exploitation!
Just bring it home, put it in the bags
They've got traditions but we've got flags!

We've got flags!
We've got plenty of flags!
We've got enough to produce them from a seemingly empty bag!