OKLAHOMA CITY (April 27, 2009)--Oklahoma's governor is standing up for Flaming Lips.

Last week, Oklahoma lawmakers shot down a proposal to make the band’s "Do You Realize??" the official state rock song.

Some lawmakers had said they were offended by the band's language and when band member Michael Ivins wore a red T-shirt with a yellow hammer-and-sickle emblem, the traditional symbol of Communism.

Gov. Brad Henry says he will sign an executive order proclaiming it the state rock song.

Singer Wayne Coyne told the Tulsa World, "It's a little minority of some small-minded religious wackos who think they can tell people what kind of T-shirts and what kind of music they can listen to, and the smart, rational, reasonable people of Oklahoma are never going to buy into that."

He says the governor is "very cool" to come to their rescue.