Patriotic Songs

[The Seeker]

Would it make you feel any better if I started stalking you back?

I couldn't possibly turn you down.

[Tenacious_Peaches]

Okay, I'll complete the necessary paperwork and get started on your stalking first thing Monday morning.

[The Seeker]

That's nice. Please take into consideration that I'm approximately five hours ahead of you.

[Jenny]

The End of The Innocence - Don Henley

Remember when the days were long

And rolled beneath a deep blue sky

Didn't have a care in the world

With mommy and daddy standing by

When "happily ever after" fails

And we've been poisoned by these fairy tales

The lawyers dwell on small details

Since daddy had to fly

But I know a place where we can go

That's still untouched by man

We'll sit and watch the clouds roll by

And the tall grass waves in the wind

You can lay your head back on the ground

And let your hair fall all around me

Offer up your best defense

But this is the end

This is the end of the innocence

O beautiful, for spacious skies

But now those skies are threatening

They're beating plowshares into swords

For this tired old man that we elected king

Armchair warriors often fail

And we've been poisoned by these fairy tales

The lawyers clean up all details

Since daddy had to lie

But I know a place where we can go

And wash away this sin

We'll sit and watch the clouds roll by

And the tall grass waves in the wind

Just lay your head back on the ground

And let your hair spill all around me

Offer up your best defense

But this is the end

This is the end of the innocence

Who knows how long this will last

Now we've come so far, so fast

But, somewhere back there in the dust

That same small town in each of us

I need to remember this

So baby give me just one kiss

And let me take a long last look

Before we say good bye

Just lay your head back on the ground

And let your hair fall all around me

Offer up your best defense

But this is the end

This is the end of the innocence

This song is more critical of America than supportive if it. The lines I bolded are Don's criticism of Ronald Reagan.

[Ken]

Fortunate Son

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Some folks are born made to wave the flag,

ooh, they're red, white and blue.

And when the band plays "Hail To The Chief",

oh, they point the cannon at you, Lord,

It ain't me, it ain't me,

I ain't no senator's son,

It ain't me, it ain't me,

I ain't no fortunate one, no,

Some folks are born silver spoon in hand,

Lord, don't they help themselves? oh.

But when the taxman come to the door,

Lord, the house look a like a rummage sale, yes,

It ain't me, it ain't me,

I ain't no millionaire's son, no, no.

It ain't me, it ain't me,

I ain't no fortunate one, no.

Yeh, some folks inherit star spangled eyes,

ooh, they send you down to war, Lord,

And when you ask them, how much should we give,

oh, they only answer, more, more, more, yoh,

It ain't me, it ain't me,

I ain't no military son, SON, NO

It ain't me, it ain't me,

I ain't no fortunate one, NO NO

It ain't me, it ain't me,

I ain't no fortunate one, no no no,

It ain't me, it ain't me,

I ain't no fortunate son, son son son

[TheLizard]

Fortunate Son was a Vietnam protest...

[PSYCHOcatholic]

Maybe we should talk songs about war, america, not exactly patriotic i guess.

Songs people play ABOUT america...maybe ill get some response with that.

[Ombre Vivante]

Jimi Hendrix's "Star-Spangled Banner."

[bluesboy]

The soundtrack to Oklahoma makes me proud to be an American. Plus it's fun to sing along too.

Song: Oklahoma Lyrics

Brand new state!

Brand new state, gonna treat you great!

Gonna give you barley, carrots and pertaters,

Pasture fer the cattle,

Spinach and termayters!

Flowers on the prarie where the June bugs zoom,

Plen'y of air and plen'y of room,

Plen'y of room to swing a rope!

Plen'y of heart and plen'y of hope.

Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain

And the wavin' wheat can sure smell sweet

When the wind comes right behind the rain.

Oklahoma,

Ev'ry night my honey lamb and I

Sit alone and talk and watch a hawk

Makin' lazy circles in the sky.

We know we belong to the land

And the land we belong to is grand!

And when we say

Yeeow! Ayipioeeay!

We're only sayin'

You're doin' fine,

Oklahoma!

Oklahoma O.K.

Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain

And the wavin' wheat can sure smell sweet

When the wind comes right behind the rain.

Oklahoma,

Ev'ry night my honey lamb and I

Sit alone and talk and watch a hawk

Makin' lazy circles in the sky.

We know we belong to the land

And the land we belong to is grand!

And when we say

Yeeow! Ayipioeeay!

We're only sayin'

You're doin' fine,

Oklahoma!

Oklahoma O.K.

[Batman]

Many songs on Funkadelic's "America Eats Its Young" are about America.

"If you don't like the effect, don't produce the cause."

[Tenacious_Peaches]

Paul, I found this on Amazon and thought of you and this thread.

[Batman]

The Thermals - Power Doesn't Run on Nothing

"Our power doesn't run on nothing,

it runs on blood, and blood is easy to obtain

when you have no shame"