Greg Brown | Homeland (I Want My Country Back)

[Heidi]

Run time: 02:48 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK0-bOdXIHs   Posted on YouTube: June 05, 2007 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: July 28, 2007 By DU Member: Heidi Views on DU: 1802

 
I know just how he feels.

Homeland (I Want My Country Back)
I want my country back
and a good dream to stand up for.
Got my hand over my heart,
but I don't feel at home here anymore

Big, big flag above the big, big mall,
and the shake rattle and roll to the core.
Things sprawl after they fall,
and I don't feel at home here anymore

Homeland of Sojourner Truth
and Chief Joseph before,
Many quiet words of wisdom drowned out by TV
and I don't feel at home here anymore.

Blind engineer, war train on the track,
many many a heart is sore.
We want our country back;
we want to feel at home here once more.

I want my country back.

© 2003 Greg Brown and Hacklebarney Music

[John Q. Citizen]

1. greg Brown is the quintessential folk singer. K&R

[zulchzulu]

2. Thanks for posting!

Excellent tune by an excellent mind.

[Heidi]

3. Totally agree.

I was introduced to Greg Brown more than 10 years ago when I was living in Nebraska. The introduction song was "Canned Goods" and the friend who introduced me was an attorney who used "Canned Goods" to protest a city council curfew intiative initiative. :hi: