Sam Cooper

Sam Cooper

I WANT MY COUNTRY BACK

Story Behind The Song

We felt frustrated about the American public being helpless to the whims of the rich and powerful.

Song Description

Everyone can claim the validity of this song's subject...it's the have's against the have-not's.

Song Length 4:23 Genre Rock - Classic, Blues - Rock
Tempo Slow (71 - 90) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Uptight, Tense Subject Poverty, Frustration
Similar Artists Lynyrd Skynyrd, The James Gang Language English

Lyrics

I WANT MY COUNTRY BACK

music and words by Sam Cooper, Jimmy Copens, James Reed, Phillip Mikula ©2011

615-469-4067 jericat@yahoo.com

George Jones, Curtis Loew,
Man I miss the Man In Black,
Beauty queens, Levi's jeans,
I want my country back,
Just gimme my country back.

Politics, lobbyists,
Honesty is what they lack,
Broken homes, bankrupt loans,
I want my country back,
Just gimme my country back.

(chorus)
Don't take my freedom away,
Don't tell me how to pray,
I have a right to say I think something's wrong.
This ain't no black or white,
No left, no right,
And D.C., they don't know jack,
And I want my country back.
Just gimme my country back.

Billionaires, they don't care,
If the working man falls through the crack,
High gasoline, and more meth-amphetamines,
I want my country back,
Just gimme my country back.

(chorus)
Don't take my freedom away,
Don't tell me how to pray,
I have a right to say I think something's wrong.
This ain't no black or white,
No left, no right,
And D.C., they don't know crap,
And I want my country back.
Gimme my country back.

(repeat 1st chorus and then vamp out with last lines)

Lyrics Sam Cooper, Jimmy Copens, James Reed, Phillip Mikula Music Sam Cooper, Jimmy Copens
Producer Sam Cooper Publisher Jerricat Music
Performance Sam Cooper (all tracks) Label Red Heart Records

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