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Our Country: Music

Our Country

(Tommy Dautry and Our Country)
April 12, 2010
Music and Lyrics by Tony Asaro

YOU GOT YOUR HOUSE. YOU GOT YOUR LEXUS A SUNNY SUBURB OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA/DALLAS, TEXAS. YOUR LIFE IS CLEAN. YOUR LIFE IS NORMAL. YOUR STRAIGHT-A SON IS QUARTER BACK AND KING O’ WINTER FORMAL. WHEN HE COMES TO YOU ONE SATURDAY CRYIN’, AN’ HE PUTS AN END TO ALL YOU’RE DENYIN’, YOU’RE GONNA HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER DREAM. HE’S THROWIN’ PASSES FOR THE OTHER TEAM! AN’ THAT’S THE WAY IT GOES, ‘CUZ CLOSETS ARE FOR CLOTHES. THE DAYS OF HIDIN’ UNDERGROUND ARE THROUGH. AND AS WE’RE GAININ’ POWER, WE’RE BUILDIN’ UP A TOWER. CONSERVATIVES COWER! ‘CUZ THIS IS OUR COUNTRY TOO. WE’RE JUST LIKE YOU: RED, WHITE, ‘N BLUE! WE’RE IN YOUR BANK. WE’RE AT YOUR MARKET. AND WHEN YOU VALET PARK THAT LEXUS, GUESS WHO’S GONNA PARK IT. WE’RE IN YOUR CHURCH, GETTING MARRIED IN YOUR SANCTUARY. WE’RE OUT IN CONGRESS, OUT IN SCHOOLS, AN’ OUT IN OUR MILITARY. AN’ WE’RE EVEN ON YOUR RADIO STATIONS, AS YOUR LATEST COUNTRY WESTERN SENSATIONS. AN’ SOME OF US ARE CHOOSIN’ NOT TO HIDE. WE’RE CHANGIN’ COUNTRY MUSIC FROM INSIDE! AN’ THAT’S THE WAY IT GOES, ‘CUZ CLOSETS ARE FOR CLOTHES. THE DAYS OF HIDIN’ UNDERGROUND ARE THROUGH. AN’ AS WE’RE GAININ’ POWER, WE’RE BUILDIN’ UP A TOWER. CONSERVATIVES COWER! ‘CUZ THIS IS OUR COUNTRY TOO. RED, WHITE, ‘N BLUE. TRIED ‘N TRUE. WE’RE JUST LIKE YOU! EXCEPT MAYBE BETTER DRESSED. BETTER LOOKIN’. BETTER IN BED. AND OF COURSE, WE’RE FAR MORE SENSITIVE. DELICATE, REALLY. LIKE A FLOWER. PANSIES. (primal scream from all onstage) SO TELL THE WORLD I’M HERE, REVIVIN’ MY CAREER, ‘CUZ COUNTRY NEEDS TO GET A FUCKIN’ CLUE. YEAH, I’M SALTY, AN’ I’M SOUR, BUT BATTER ME IN FLOUR— FOR MY QUEERS TO DEVOUR, ‘CUZ THIS IS OUR COUNTRY TOO. RED, WHITE, ‘N BLUE, LIKE BARBECUE, SHOULD BE A LITTLE PINK, IT’S MORE FUN TO CHEW.