Our Song (2024 Remastered Version) - Joe Henry: Song Lyrics, Music Videos & Concerts

Our Song (2024 Remastered Version)

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Singer/Songwriter

Our Song (2024 Remastered Version) was released on June 27, 2024 by earMUSIC as a part of the album Our Song (2024 Remastered Version) - Single

Song Details

AlbumOur Song (2024 Remastered Version) - Single

Release DateJune 27, 2024

LanguageEnglish

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

BPM103

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Joe Henry

Acoustic Guitar

David Piltch

Double Bass

Jay Bellerose

Drums

Patrick Warren

Piano

Loudon Wainwright The 3rd

Loudon Wainwright The 3rd

Background Vocals

Greg Leisz

Mandolin

Bill Frisell

Electric Guitar

Eric Gorfain

First Violin

Daphne Chen

Second Violin

Leah Katz

Viola

Richard Dodd

Cello

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Joe Henry

Composer

Patrick Warren

Arranger

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Ryan Freeland

Mixing Engineer

Gavin Lurssen

Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

I saw Willie Mays at a Scottsdale Home Depot

Looking at garage door springs at the far end of the fourteenth row

His wife stood there beside him

She was quiet and they both were proud

I gave them room but was close enough

That I heard him when he said out loud

This was my country

This was my song

Somewhere in the middle there

Though it started badly and it's ending wrong

This was my country

This frightful and this angry land

But it's my right if the worst of it might

Still somehow make me a better man

The sun is unforgiving and there's nobody would choose this town

But we've squandered so much of our goodwill

That there's nowhere else will have us now

We push in line at the picture show

For cool air and a chance to see

A vision of ourselves portrayed as

Younger and braver and humble and free

This was our country

This was our song

Somewhere in the middle there

Though it started badly and it's ending wrong

This was our country

This frightful and this angry land

But it's my right if the worst of it might

Still somehow make me a better man

I've started something I can't finish

And I barely leave the house, it's true

I keep a wrap on my sores and joints

But yes, I've had my blessings too

I've got my mother's pretty feet

And a factory keeps my house in shape

My children, they've both been paroled

And we get by on the peace we've made

I feel safe so far from heaven

From towers and their ocean views

From here I see the future coming across

What soon will be beaches too

But that was him, I'm almost sure

The greatest center fielder of all time

Stooped by the burden of endless dreams

His and yours and mine

He hooked each spring beneath his foot

He leaned over, then he stood upright

Testing each against his weight

For one that had some play and some fight

He's just like us, I want to tell him

And our needs are small enough

Something to slow a heavy door

Something to help us raise one up

This was my country

This was my song

Somewhere in the middle there

Though it started badly and it's ending wrong

This was God's country

This frightful and this angry land

But if it's His will the worst of it might

Still somehow make me a better man

If it's His will the worst of it might

Still somehow make me a better man

Written by: Joe Henry

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