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24 Mar 03 - 03:54 PM (#917341) Subject: Greg Brown song/cover? From: GUEST I recently heard Greg Brown sing a song in Fall River at the Narrow Center for the Arts with the refrain something like "I don't feel at home in my country anymore." It was an extremely affecting and un-preaching lament. I have a feeling it wasn't one of his own songs...Does anyone have any clue what song I'm talking about? |
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24 Mar 03 - 03:59 PM (#917345) Subject: RE: Greg Brown song/cover? From: katlaughing Here's his official lyrics site. There's one called Heart of My Country which sounds similar, but not exact. I didn't look through all of them, so the one you are looking for might be there. kat |
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24 Mar 03 - 05:10 PM (#917406) Subject: RE: Greg Brown song/cover? From: Joe Offer Hmmm. I wonder if it's a variation on Woody Guthrie's I Ain't Got No Home in this World Any More. -Joe Offer- |
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25 Mar 03 - 12:42 AM (#917614) Subject: RE: Greg Brown song/cover? From: open mike the greg brown song to which you refer is: submitted to the greg brown list GBrown-L@yahoogroups.com Subject: "I want my country" back lyrics Here is what I get from the recording I made at The Mill The Mill 2-27-03 I want my country back and a good dream to stand up for oh, you know these days well I don't feel at home here anymore Big big flag above the big big mall oh, well you know these days oh I don't feel at home here anymore Homeland of Sojourner Truth and Chief Joseph before and the quiet words of wisdom are drowned out by TV and I don't feel at home here anymore Blind engineer more on the train oh and we want to feel at home here once more I want my country back and a good dream to stand up for Got my hand over my heart oh but I don't feel at home here anymore I want my country back ************************************** It is definately a song by Greg in response to the current situation.. |
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25 Mar 03 - 12:47 AM (#917617) Subject: RE: Greg Brown song/cover? From: open mike further: gleaned from a post on the greg site; .......It is a thought-provoking, powerful, heartfelt song (as opposed to 90% of the top 40 antiwar crap that's being vomited out of studios from NY to LA. And the UK, if you want to count Madonna and George Michael)...... See that's just what I was thinking about last night. I was at a candlelight vigil, which was actually supposed to be a silent vigil, but a few people kept trying to get some singing action going, the usual stuff, like Let There be Peace on Earth, Wonderful World and all sorts of other gushy, sentimental songs, and I kept thinking it's no wonder people keep thinking war is noble and all that. War mongers have all the great songs. What we need are some good virile, hairy-chested peace songs, that people can sing without feeling whoosey (is that how you spell it? Not a word I've ever written before...) So perhaps "I Want My Country Back" is a start...... |
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25 Mar 03 - 01:49 AM (#917644) Subject: RE: Greg Brown song/cover? From: Joe Offer Open Mike - any relation at all to the Woody Guthrie/Carter Family song? You'll find the Guthrie song here (click). I think I could fit Greg Brown's lyrics to the tune. -Joe Offer- |
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25 Mar 03 - 02:05 AM (#917650) Subject: RE: Greg Brown song/cover? From: open mike I have not heard the tune, only seem the lyrics which were transcribed by a listener who heard him perform at a show with Odetta recently. It is possible that the tune is similar..after all there are only 8 notes in each scale, so some are bound to occur numerous times. that's all i know... |
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25 Mar 03 - 03:07 AM (#917665) Subject: RE: Greg Brown song/cover? From: katlaughing There sure is a neat interview of him on this page. Quite a guy! |
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25 Mar 03 - 03:44 AM (#917691) Subject: RE: Greg Brown song/cover? From: BlueJay Kat- Thanks for the Greg Brown site. Solved a lyrics mystery for me. BlueJay |
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25 Mar 03 - 12:14 PM (#917992) Subject: RE: Greg Brown song/cover? From: open mike Ha Ha-i just got a message that i was the winner of the Club Passim auction...the prize is to get Greg to record an answering machine message for my house...so if you ever call you might get to hear him first! here is his web site... go to Hackelbarney |
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25 Mar 03 - 12:55 PM (#918027) Subject: RE: Greg Brown song/cover? From: katlaughing Very kewl, o.m.!! You're welcome, BlueJay! |
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07 Dec 05 - 06:38 PM (#1622260) Subject: Lyr Add: HOMELAND (I WANT MY COUNTRY BACK) (Brown) From: Jim Dixon 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.] |
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28 Aug 06 - 11:32 AM (#1820744) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Homeland (I Want My Country Back) (Brown) From: Genie Good song! Here's a very country-sounding song that makes some of the same points: I'm Taking My Country Back (David Kent) |