Randy Newman - My country

^CLet's go back to yesterday, when a phone call cost a^Am dime. in New Orleans, just a ^Fnickel. ^FTurn back the hands of ^Ctime. ^FTurn back the hands of ^Ctime.

^CPicture a room with a window, a ^Amsofa and some chairs, ^Fa television ^Gturned on for the ^Cnigh^Csus4t. ^{C C}Picture a woman, two children seated, ^Ama man lying there, their ^Ffaces softly ^Gglowing in the ^Cligh^Csus4t. ^{C C}This is my country, ^Amthese are my people. ^FThis is the ^Gworld I ^Cunderstand. ^CThis is my country, ^Amthese are my people. ^FAnd I know 'em like the ^Gback of my own ^Chand.

If we ^Bbhad something to ^Gsay we'd ^Cbounce it off the ^Amscreen we were ^Fwatching and we ^Gcouldn't look ^Caway. We all ^Bbknow what we ^Glook like, ^Cyou know what I ^Ammean? We wou^Fldn't have had it ^Gany other ^Cway.

We got ^Ecomedy, ^Amtragedy. ^GEv'rything from A to ^CB, watching o^Dmther p^Emeople l^Fiving, seeing ^Dmother p^Emeople p^Flay. Having ^Dmother p^Emeople's v^Foices fill our ^Gminds. ^GThank you, Jesus. ^EFeelings might go ^Amunexpressed. ^GI think that's prob'ly ^Cfor the best. Dig too ^Fdeep, ^Emwho ^Dmknows what you ^Gwill find.

^CThis is my country, those were ^Ammy people. ^FTheir's was the ^Gworld I ^Cunderstand. ^CPicture a room, no window, a ^Amdoor that leads outside, ^Fa man lying on a ^Gblanket on ^Cthe ^Csus4floor. ^{C C}Picture his three grown boys behind him, ^Ambouncing words off a screen, ^Fof a television ^Gbig as all ^Coutd^Csus4oors. ^C

Now your ^Bbchildren are your ^Gchildren, ^Ceven when they're ^Amgrown. Whe^Fn they speak to you, you got to ^Glisten to what they have t^Co say. But they ^Bball live alone now, ^Gthey have ^CTVs of their ^Amown but they ^Fkeep on coming ^Gover ^Canyw^Csus4ay. ^C And ^Fmuch as I ^Glove them, I'm ^Falways kind of ^Gglad when they go ^Caway.

^CThis is my country, ^Amthese are my people. ^FThis is the ^Gworld I ^Cunderstand. ^CThis is my country, ^Amthese are my people. And I ^Fknow 'em like the ^Gback of my own ^Chand. ^FI know 'em like the ^Gback of my own ^Chand^Csus4. ^C