Name: I Don't Know My Country Anymore
Duration: 4 min 12 s
Channel: B. Gudgeon, P. Gudgeon, A. Harpen

I Don't Know My Country Anymore

Eagle River Highway

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Eagle River Highway

We write and sing original, country flavored Americana songs. i

Played the Tea Party in Hendersonville, TN on April 15, 2010. Played on tour for Lou Ann Zelenik and Joe the Plumber in June 2010. In studio July and August 2010.

Song Info

Genre

Country • Country General

Charts

#1,400 in subgenre Peak #9

Charts

Peak #111

Author

B. Gudgeon, P. Gudgeon, A. Harpen

Rights

2010, Droning Foghorn Music

Uploaded

August 20, 2010

Track Files

MP3

MP3 9.6 MB • 320 kbps • 4:12

Story behind the song

Brad was inspired to write this song when he heard the line "I Don't Know My Country Anymore" mentioned in folksinger Anne Marie Harpen's song "Walk the Streets in Anger". He thought it would be a great hook and title for a country song.  Brad invited Anne to sing on this cut of this song.  She is the distinctive voice you hear singing back up.  Joie Gionnati-Murray is the haunting, angelic "soprano" voice you hear near the end of the song. Greg Gilmore plays mandolin.  Kimberly Marrs plays fiddle.

Lyrics

From the rights our forefathers gave,
to the fight for freedom today                   
I bet Patrick (spoken) Henry
(sung) is rolling over in his grave
                  
I'm holding on to yesterday,
but all my dreams are slipping away           
Paid my dues (spoken) to Uncle Sam
(sung) now there ain't nothin' left to save

                                
I don't know my country anymore                                            
And the changes I have seen I can't ignore
                                                                
When the leaders lose the common trust
                                                
Lord knows what's in store for us
                                                 
I don't know my country anymore
                                                
I don't know my country anymore

                                                     
We used to say our prayers in school,
We Three Kings was really cool                       
We used to call it (spoken) Christmas
(sung) and not a Winter Holiday

Now we're killin' babies 'cause love is cheap
seems all God's children have fallen asleep  
Right here in the (spoken) Promised Land,
you know we're gonna have Heaven to pay

                                                 
I don't know my country anymore
                                                          
And the changes I have seen I can't ignore
                                                                
When the leaders lose the common trust
                                                  
Lord knows what's in store for us
                                                  
I don't know my country anymore
                                                
I don't know my country anymore


                                                 
I don't know my country anymore
                                                       
But the Constitution's still worth fightin' for
                                                 
And I would gladly give my life
                                                         
For freedom and the Bill of Rights
                                                   
But I don't know my country anymore
                                                           
God, I don't know my country anymore

                                       
From the rights our forefathers gave,
to the fight for freedom today

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