 My country lyrics ( Randy newman )   
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 Rate My Country
Artist : Randy newman
Song : My country
This is pretty damn close to the way I grew up.
the family time was consumed every night with
watching television: my mother in a chair, dad on
the sofa, me lying on the floor and my brother
sit
Behind me. that was our family unit, and it’s
something I was very comfortable with. when I can
get my wife and kids to watch television with me,
I get a sense of comfort - it’s like what I reme
As long as they’re watching, I don’t have to; I
read or something. but at least we’re all there
together.
The guy in the song doesn’t understand why his
kids would come over to his house. he thinks,
"they have their own tvs; why do they want
to come over and watch mine? if you have a telev
, why would you go anywhere? " that’s where
this person lives - it’s his country,
televisionland. when I go see my father, he just
wants me to go home so he can watch
"matlock." bu
E felt the same thing. I’m watching a ball game
and one of my kids threatens to come over, and I
say to myself, "shit." hopefully I’m
not that bad, but I’m pretty close to it.
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