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I Miss the Country (Don't You​?​)

by William Lee and the Modern Primitives

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These days it's always something
Won't you tell me what it is?
'Cause I've lost track of everything
Good Lord you have no idea
Because...

These days country singers
Are born from Pennsylvania stock brokers
Pushed through the air by the big machine

And when they've made enough money
They say they're no longer gonna sing country
If country was even what they were ever really singing

But I miss Joey Ramone
Who channelled early Elvis Presley
At the passing of that Tupelo born boy king

And I miss Hank Williams
That 'Bama born drifting cowboy
Who died drifting through Knoxville in a limousine

I miss the country
Well, don't you miss the country?

These days no matter how clean
The leaders are there's no stopping
The plummet into the obscene

And these days nothing is born into innocence
It's all been marred by our collective
And intrepid dream

But I miss momentary speechlessness
Brought not by terror
But by the simplicity of being

I miss the bottom when it was sheltered and warm
When you were down and out
You weren't treated like a thief

I miss the country
Don't you miss the country

I miss the country
Don't you miss the country

Well the country was wide and televisions were small
And everyone was glad to see you all
You came home at dusk when you're mama called
And fear was as far as strong hands could keep it

Well the country was wide and televisions were small
Everyone was glad to see you all
You came home at dusk when your mama called
And fear was as far as strong hands could keep it

I miss the country
Don't you miss the country?

I miss the country
Now, Don't you miss the country?

These days I don't listen to nothing
And these days the wilderness no longer speaks to me

And these days all I do is dream
But I no longer live in them

I miss the country
I miss the country
Oh you know, I miss the country
Well, don't you miss the country

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released May 7, 2021
William Lee: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Gregg Garcia: Drums
Chris Stokes: Bass and Production
Frank Rische: Electric Guitar
Smith Curry: Pedal Steel and Recording Engineer
Tim Roberts: Recording, Mixing, and Mastering Engineer

Recorded at the Bomb Shelter, Waterknot Studios, and Smith Curry Productions

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William Lee and the Modern Primitives Nashville, Tennessee

William Lee is the nom de guerre of William B. Sealy.

The question of humanity—it's loss through privation of the spirit, it's corruption by seemingly unsurmountable forces, and it's redemption and salvation by acts and actors of disproportionate courage—is a pervasive theme throughout Lee's work. ... more

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