HELP DUers... Really great country anti war song???

[KyndCulture]

I heard a song on here a week or so ago from a guy that was totally anti war. I'm desperate to find this, got a guy who LOVES country music in chat and is a wishy washy chimp supporter. I think I can turn him around... does anybody remember this song?


I am SO not a country fan, but I don't give a shit HOW the message gets there, so long as it GETS there.

[babylonsister]

1. Might you be speaking about Merle Haggard? Here's his site:

"Get Out Of Iraq" See the streaming video here:

http://www.merlehaggard.com /
Excellent

Also, check out the Dixie Chicks; your c/w friend might like them.

[KyndCulture]

3. No wasn't him, But that's a good filler for now.

It's a little known guy.


It was called Taking My Country Back if that helps?!!

[babylonsister]

4. I googled; the link's in here on a Randi site/thread:

http://forums.therandirhodesshow.com/lofiversion/index.php/t53684.html

We Want This Country Back
Carl Klang(1996)
I had this crazy dream
About some folks who loved this country
Who all began to dream the same dream
And when the mornin' came
There arose across this nation
People thinkin' one and the same
And they awoke to find their freedom
And all their liberties
Had gradually been taken away
And when they realized the danger to their posterity
I heard those Patriotic people say....

We want this Country back!
We ain't just jokin' jack!
We want our liberty
And our dignity
And our freedoms and our rights restored
We want this Country back!
She's been driven way off track
We're wide awake
And we're madder than hell now
And we ain't gonna take it anymore!
And we ain't gonna take it anymore!

Remember golden days
When the Stars and Strips forever
Symbolized her glorious name "AMERICA"
But now it's all been changed
And when we gaze upon Old Glory
It's hard to fight back feelin's of shame
We're fed up with lyin' politicians
And greedy corporations
Who have sold us out
Time and again
And we're sick and tired of sendin'
Our soldiers off to wars
That we were never meant to win

We want this Country back!
We ain't just jokin' jack!
We want our liberty
And our dignity
And our freedoms and our rights restored
We want this country back!
She's been driven way off track
We're wide awake
And we're madder than hell now!
And we ain't gonna take it anymore
No we're not gonna take it anymore!

Now we know our cause is right
And our victory's on the way
And we won't give up the fight
'Till we hear two hundred million say

We want this Country back!
We ain't just jokin' jack!
We want our liberty
And our dignity
And our freedoms and our rights restored
We want this Country back!
And we ain't taken anymore flack!
We're wide awake
And we're madder than hell now!
And we ain't gonna take it anymore!
No we're not gonna take it anymore!
That's right we're no gonna take it anymore!.... http://www.klang.com/index.htm

[panader0]

2. How about Country Joe McDonald

Well come on all of you big strong men
Uncle Sam needs you help again
He's got himself in a great big jam
Way out yonder in Vietnam.................

[cspanlovr]

7. So, put down your books, pick up a gun,

We're gonna have a whole lot of fun!

How about a little Phil:
Sarge,
I'm only 18, got a ruptured spleen
And I always carry a purse,
Got eyes like a bat,
My feet are flat,
My asthma's gettin worse.

Just think of my career
My sweetheart dear,
My poor old invalid aunt,
Besides I ain't no fool, I'm a goin to school,
And I'm workin in a Defense Plant

I got a dislocated disk and a racked up back,
I'm allergic to flowers and bugs.
And when the bombshell hits
I get epileptic fits
and I'm addicted to a thousand drugs.
I got the Weakness Woes
Can't touch my toes
I can hardly reach my knees.
And when the enemy comes close to me,
I'll probably start to sneeze.

So I wish you well, Sarge, Give 'em hell,
Kill me a thousand or so,
and if you ever get a war without blood and gore
I'll be the first to go!

[dipsydoodle]

8. That may well be the best ever

"I feel like I'm fixin' to die rag" by Country Joe & the Fish
http://www.countryjoe.com/feelmus.htm so's you can singalong !

[FredMertz]

5. James McMurtry?

(The guy who's father wrote Brokeback Mountain?) He has a song called We Can't Make It Here Anymore.

[4morewars]

6. "We Can't Make It Here"

by James McMurtry

GREAT song, even if it's not the one you are looking for.

D/L it here for FREE !

http://www.compadrerecords.com/downloadpages/wecant.html

[KyndCulture]

9. That's a great song too. But not the one I am looking for.

I swear it was called "I'm taking my country back" and it was posted on DU like 2 weeks ago. Google is failing me, I'm hoping someone else read that post and knows what I'm talking about... else, I'm just having another liberal hallucination.. lol

[KyndCulture]

10. I FOUND IT!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.crocuta.net/PoliticalAV/takinmycountryback.mp3


after googling my ass off!

[soup]

14. mp3 here, too.

http://hannah.smith-family.com/archive/000435.html

Article about The Honky Tonkers for Truth -
http://www.buzzflash.com/alerts/04/10/ale04066.html

Not fond of country music, but love this song.

[dweller]

15. Tony Stampley

who'd of thunk?

thanks!

dp

[KyndCulture]

11. kick!!

Got a "redneck country nascar friend" Let them here this song!!!!


I just played this for a friend that was wishy washy on chimpy... guess what??? He's PISSED THE FUCK OFF now!!!

Hate country music, but whatever works, I'm down.

[dweller]

12. hey, that's damn good!

thanks, any idea who the artist is?

tia

dp

[dweller]

13. here's the message, may it go far and wide among the common people

Country music's got mamas and daddies
They got barrooms and old heartbreak songs
But I'm here today to stand up and say
How I feel about my home, sweet home
What's left, what's right, and what's wrong…

And I'm taking my country back, son you ain't been doing her right
Oh, I've been watching you and I don't like
How you've been treating my Stars and Stripes
You took our jobs and sent 'em overseas
Now we owe billions to the Red Chinese
You blew the budget and you lost Iraq
So I'm taking my country back.

We had a bundle in the Treasury drawer
More than there had ever been before
But everyday we're drowning deeper in debt, maybe four years should be all you get
Then you gave tax breaks to the millionaires and you tried to make the workingman pay
But you can't tax a man when his job's not there
Now look at where we are today

Hey, I'm taking my country back, son you ain't been doing her right
Well, I've been watching you and I don't like
How you've been treating my Stars and Stripes
You got too many fancy friends for me
The Saudis treat you like you're royalty
You blew the budget and you've lost Iraq
Now I'm taking my country back.

Now I can understand why you were hot,
'Cause Bin Ladin never did get caught, so you said we had Saddam to blame
Tried to tell us it was all the same
Now the years roll by and our kids keep dying
You don't even have a plan to bring 'em home
And those WMD you promised on TV
Hey admit it, you figured it wrong!

So I'm taking my country back!
(chorus, cheers, honky-tonkin')

Now, you don't know my name, but you know who I am
I'm your everyday work hard, play hard, raise kids and pray hard common man
And lord knows I love this land …
Cuz, I'm taking my country back, son you ain't been doing her right
Oh, I've been watching you and I don't like
How you've been treating our Stars and Stripes
You say 'Unite' but you divide us more
Cussin' each other on the Senate floor
Aren't you supposed to be above all that?
Eh, I'm taking my country back …

I've got my family, and my church and flag.
And I'm taking my country back!


:toast: to my redneck brothers and sisters!
:kick:
dp