My Country Lyrics - Randy Newman

Let's go back to yesterday 

When a phone call cost a dime 

In New Orleans, just a nickel 

Turn back the hands of time 

Turn back the hands of time 

Picture a room 

With a window 

A sofa and some chairs 

A television turned on for the night 

Picture a woman, two children seated 

A man lying there 

Their faces softly glowing in the light 

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This is my country 

These are my people 

This is the world I understand 

This is my country 

These are my people 

And I know 'em like the back of my own hand 

If we had something to say 

We bounced it off the screen 

We were watching and we couldn't look away 

We all knew what we looked like 

You know what I mean 

We wouldn't have it any other way 

We got comedy, tragedy 

Everything from A to B 

Watching other people living 

Seeing other people play 

Having other people's voices fill our minds 

Thank you Jesus 

Photos 

Feelings might go unexpressed 

I think that's probably for the best 

Dig too deep, who knows what you will find 

This is my country 

Those were my people 

Theirs was a world I understand. 

Picture a room, no window 

A door that leads outside 

A man lying on a blanket on the floor 

Picture his three grown boys behind him 

Bouncing words off of a screen 

Of a television big as all outdoors 

Now your children are your children 

Even when they're grown 

When they speak to you 

You got to listen to what they have to say 

But they all live alone now 

They have TVs of their own 

But they keep on coming over anyway 

And much as I love them 

I'm always kind of glad when they go away 

This is my country 

These are my people 

This is the world I understand 

This is my country 

These are my people 

And I know 'em like the back of my own hand 

I know 'em like the back of my own hand