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Thread #58092   Message #1622260
Posted By: Jim Dixon
07-Dec-05 - 06:38 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Homeland (I Want My Country Back) (Brown)
Subject: Lyr Add: HOMELAND (I WANT MY COUNTRY BACK) (Brown)
Lyrics copied from http://www.gregbrown.org/gblyricsmisc.html

HOMELAND (I WANT MY COUNTRY BACK)
Copyright © 2003 Greg Brown and Hacklebarney Music

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.

[From "The Best of Live from Studio One" (KUNI), 2003.]