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