What's your favorite patriotic country music song?

What is your favorite patriotic country music song?

  • Aaron Tippin - Where The Stars And Stripes And Eagles Fly

    Votes: 2 5.6%

  • Brooks & Dunn - Only In America

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Toby Keith - Courtesy Of The Red, White, and Blue

    Votes: 6 16.7%

  • Lee Greenwood - God Bless The USA

    Votes: 8 22.2%

  • Moe Bandy - Americana

    Votes: 1 2.8%

  • Some other song (please post lyrics below)

    Votes: 19 52.8%
  • Total voters
    36
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Country music is simply loaded with patriotic songs. I couldn't possibly try to list them all in a poll, so I just put a sampling in the poll. Feel free to add lyrics to any other that you'd like to see...as long as it's a patriotic one and not some "run America through the mud" junk. Plenty of other threads where that would fit.

Aaron Tippin - Where The Stars And Stripes And Eagles Fly
Spoiler :
Well if you ask me where I come from
Here's what I tell everyone
I was born by God's dear grace
In an extraordinary place
Where the stars and stripes and the eagle fly.

It's a big old land with countless dreams
Happiness ain't out of reach
Hard work pays off the way it should
Yeah, I've seen enough to know that we've got it good
Where the stars and stripes and the eagle fly.

There's a lady that stands in a harbor
For what we believe
And there's a bell that still echoes
The price that it cost to be free.

I pledge allegiance to this flag
And if that bothers you, well that's too bad
But if you got pride and you're proud you do
Hey, we could use some more like me and you
Where the stars and stripes and the eagle fly.

Yes there's a lady that stands in a harbor
For what we believe
And there's a bell that still echoes
The price that it cost to be free.

No, it ain't the only place on earth
But it's the only place that I prefer
To love my wife and raise my kids
Hey, the same way that my daddy did
Where the stars and stripes and the eagle fly.


Brooks & Dunn - Only In America
Spoiler :

Sun comin' up over New York City.
School bus driver in a traffic jam.
Staring at the faces in her rear view mirror,
Looking at the promise of the promise land.

One kid dreams of fame and fortune.
One kid helps pay the rent.
One could end up going to prison
One just might be president

Chorus
Only in America!
Dreamin' in red, white, and blue!
Only in America!
Where we dream as big as we want to

Chorus
We all get a chance,
Everybody gets to dance,
Only in America!

Sun goin' down on an L.A freeway
Newly-weds in back of a limousine
A welder's son and a banker's daughter
All they want is everything!

She came out here to be an actress
He was a singer in a band.
They just might go back to Oklahoma
And talk about the stars they could have been

Chorus
Only in America!
Dreamin' in red, white, and blue!
Only in America!

Where we dream as big as we want to
We all get a chance,
Everybody gets to dance,
Only in America!

Everybody gets to dance,
Only in America!

Sun goin' down on an L.A freeway
Newly-weds in back of a limousine
A welder's son and a banker's daughter
All they want is everything!

She came out here to be an actress
He was a singer in a band.
They just might go back to Oklahoma
And talk about the stars they could have been

Chorus
Only in America!

Dreamin' in red, white, and blue!
Only in America!

Where we dream as big as we want to
We all get a chance,
Everybody gets to dance,
Only in America!

Repeat.


Toby Keith - Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue
Spoiler :

American girls and American guys will always stand up and salute;
Will always recognize
When we see ol' glory flying,
There's a lot of men dead,
So we can sleep in peace at night when we lay down our head.

My daddy served in the army,
Where he lost his right eye.
But he flew a flag out in our yard 'til the day that he died.
He wanted my mother, my brother, my sister and me
To grow up and live happy in the land of the free.

Now this nation that I love has fallen under attack.
A mighty sucker punch came flying in from somewhere in the back.
Soon as we could see clearly through our big black eye,
Man we lit up your world like the Fourth of July.

Hey Uncle Sam put your name at the top of his list,
And the Statue of Liberty started shaking her fist.
And the eagle will fly,
And there's gonna be Hell,
When you hear Mother Freedom start ringing her bell!
It's gonna feel like the whole wide world is raining down on you...
Brought to you courtesy of the Red, White and Blue!

Oh, Justice will be served and the battle will rage.
This big dog will fight when you rattle his cage
You'll be sorry that you messed with the US of A
'Cuz we'll put a boot in your ass
It's the American way.

Hey Uncle Sam put your name at the top of his list,
And the Statue of Liberty started shaking her fist.
And the eagle will fly,
And there's gonna be Hell,
When you hear Mother Freedom start ringing her bell!
And it'll feel like the whole wide world is raining down on you...
Brought to you courtesy of the Red, White and Blue!

Of the Red, White and Blue..
Of my Red, White and Blue...


Lee Greenwood - God Bless The USA
Spoiler :

If tomorrow all the things were gone I’d worked for all my life,
And I had to start again with just my children and my wife.
I’d thank my lucky stars to be living here today,
Cause the flag still stands for freedom and they can’t take that away.

And I’m proud to be an American where at least I know I’m free.
And I won’t forget the men who died, who gave that right to me.
And I’d gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today.
Cause there ain’t no doubt I love this land God bless the U.S.A.

From the lakes of Minnesota, to the hills of Tennessee,
across the plains of Texas, from sea to shining sea,

From Detroit down to Houston and New York to LA,
Well, there’s pride in every American heart,
and it’s time to stand and say:

I’m proud to be an American where at least I know I’m free.
And I won’t forget the men who died, who gave that right to me.
And I’d gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today.
Cause there ain’t no doubt I love this land God bless the U.S.A.


Moe Bandy - Americana
Spoiler :

Verse 1)
I'VE TRAVELED ALL AROUND THIS COUNTRY
IN MY TIME I THOUGHT I'D SEEN IT ALL
BUT TODAY I TOOK A DETOUR DOWN A BACK ROAD
THROUGH A LITTLE TOWN WHOSE NAME I CAN'T RECALL
THERE WERE THREE OLD MEN ON BENCHES PLAYING CHECKERS
CHILDREN PLAYING HOP SCOTCH ON THE SQUARE
AND HIGH ABOVE A STATUE OF AN UNKNOWN SOLDIER
OLD GLORY WAS WAVING IN THE AIR
SUDDENLY I REALIZED WHAT I'D TOO LONG FORGOTTEN
CHILL BUMPS UP LIKE MOUNTAINS ON MY SKIN
OVERCOME WITH A FEELING I KNEW I WAS SEEING AMERICA ALL OVER AGAIN

(Chorus)
AMERICANA PICTURE OF A PEOPLE PROUD AND FREE
AMERICANA I'LL KEEP HOLDING TO THE DREAM
YOU'RE STILL WHAT LIVING MEANS TO ME

(Verse 2)
I KNEW THE STOP WOULD THROW MW OFF MY SCHEDULE
BUT I PARKED AROUND BEHIND THE FIVE AND DIME
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT A SMALL TONW IN THE SUMMER
LIKE A NORMAN ROCKWELL PICTURE BACK IN TIME
KIDS CAVOTIN' AT THE REXALL SODA FOUNTAIN
LIKE WE DID BEFORE THE BUILT THE SHOPPING ,MALL
ISAW SO MANY REASONS WHY I LOVE THIS COUNTRY
YOU KNOW SOME THINGS NEVER REALLY CHANGE AT ALL
AS I LEFT THE TWO-LANE ROAD
AND PULLED BACK ON THAT SUPER HIGH WAY
I THOUGHT OF WHAT I'D SEEN BACK IN THAT TOWN
AND IT HIT ME LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN----
THAT A STONE'S THROW FROM THE FAST LANE---
AMERICA IS STILL SAFE AND SOUND
 
To ancipate a good majority of the responses...

"all those songs are nothing but propaganda dished out by the ultra-right wing media and the nazi fascist Bush theocracy to fool the jingoistic ultra-religious idiots known as Americans"
 
Bruce Springsteen's performance of Woodie Guthrie's This Land is Your Land form the Live 1975-85 album. It's really more folk than country, but the music that's considered "country" these days is really just awful pop music.
 
Toby Keith - Courtesy Of The Red, White, and Blue is my favorite on the list:

"You'll be sorry that you messed with the US of A
'Cuz we'll put a boot in your ass
It's the American way."

actually, its a very enjoyable song to listen to (and I would know, I like country music!)
 
I dont really like country music. I'll take God Bless America sung by the local barbershop group over anything on the radio
 
Blowing in the Wind?
Masters of War?
The Times they are A Changin'?

Or more probably Ira Hayes, sung by Johnny Cash.
 
nonconformist said:
Or more probably Ira Hayes, sung by Johnny Cash.
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Thats a great song, but does it really count as patriotic?

FYI- Ira Hayes was a native american soldier who helped to raise the flag on Iwo Jima, and became a horrible alcholic after the war. The song is more about his drunken antics after the war than his heroic actions during it.

EDIT: here are the lyrics

Ballad Of Ira Hayes - Johnny Cash
CHORUS:
Call him drunken Ira Hayes
He won't answer anymore
Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian
Nor the Marine that went to war

Gather round me people there's a story I would tell
About a brave young Indian you should remember well
From the land of the Pima Indian
A proud and noble band
Who farmed the Phoenix valley in Arizona land

Down the ditches for a thousand years
The water grew Ira's peoples' crops
'Till the white man stole the water rights
And the sparklin' water stopped

Now Ira's folks were hungry
And their land grew crops of weeds
When war came, Ira volunteered
And forgot the white man's greed

CHORUS:
Call him drunken Ira Hayes
He won't answer anymore
Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian
Nor the Marine that went to war


There they battled up Iwo Jima's hill,
Two hundred and fifty men
But only twenty-seven lived to walk back down again

And when the fight was over
And when Old Glory raised
Among the men who held it high
Was the Indian, Ira Hayes

CHORUS:
Call him drunken Ira Hayes
He won't answer anymore
Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian
Nor the Marine that went to war

Ira returned a hero
Celebrated through the land
He was wined and speeched and honored; Everybody shook his hand

But he was just a Pima Indian
No water, no crops, no chance
At home nobody cared what Ira'd done
And when did the Indians dance

CHORUS:
Call him drunken Ira Hayes
He won't answer anymore
Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian
Nor the Marine that went to war

Then Ira started drinkin' hard;
Jail was often his home
They'd let him raise the flag and lower it
like you'd throw a dog a bone!

He died drunk one mornin'
Alone in the land he fought to save
Two inches of water in a lonely ditch
Was a grave for Ira Hayes

CHORUS:
Call him drunken Ira Hayes
He won't answer anymore
Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian
Nor the Marine that went to war

Yeah, call him drunken Ira Hayes
But his land is just as dry
And his ghost is lyin' thirsty
In the ditch where Ira died
 
jamiethearcher said:
Thats a great song, but does it really count as patriotic?
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Is there anything more partriotic than making people aware of the plight of the poor in your coutnry?
 
nonconformist said:
Is there anything more partriotic than making people aware of the plight of the poor in your coutnry?
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Perfectly legitimate point of view.
 
nonconformist said:
Is there anything more partriotic than making people aware of the plight of the poor in your coutnry?
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I agree that this is an important song, and I really like it myself. However, when I think of a patriotic song, I think of one that makes me proud of my country, not ashamed of it.

EDIT to VRWC - I did post them, look up a couple posts.
 
jamiethearcher said:
EDIT to VRWC - I did post them, look up a couple posts.
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Heh! You must have seen my post during the 30 seconds between the initial post and the edit after seeing you had indeed posted the lyrics. :lol:

nonconformist said:
Though I have to post American songs, as the UK has no coutnry music ;)
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Just for you, I'll allow British folk songs. I'm sure there have to be some, even if hundreds of years old. :)
 
VRWCAgent said:
Heh! You must have seen my post during the 30 seconds between the initial post and the edit after seeing you had indeed posted the lyrics. :lol:
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I have reflexes like a..........a.......I dunno, some sort of fast reflexed creature!
 
Im gonna have to go with this beauty:

America...
America...
America, F*** YEAH!
Coming again, to save the mother f***ing day yeah,
America, F*** YEAH!
Freedom is the only way yeah,
Terrorist your game is through cause now you have to answer too,
America, F*** YEAH!
So lick my butt, and suck on my b****,
America, F*** YEAH!
What you going to do when we come for you now,
it’s the dream that we all share; it’s the hope for tomorrow

F*** YEAH!

McDonalds, F*** YEAH!
Wal-Mart, F*** YEAH!
The Gap, F*** YEAH!
Baseball, F*** YEAH!
NFL, F***, YEAH!
Rock and roll, F*** YEAH!
The Internet, F*** YEAH!
Slavery, F*** YEAH!

F*** YEAH!

Starbucks, F*** YEAH!
Disney world, F*** YEAH!
Porno, F*** YEAH!
Valium, F*** YEAH!
Reeboks, F*** YEAH!
Fake Tits, F*** YEAH!
Sushi, F*** YEAH!
Taco Bell, F*** YEAH!
Rodeos, F*** YEAH!
Bed bath and beyond (F*** yeah, F*** yeah)

Liberty, F*** YEAH!
White Slips, F*** YEAH!
The Alamo, F*** YEAH!
Band-aids, F*** YEAH!
Las Vegas, F*** YEAH!
Christmas, F*** YEAH!
Immigrants, F*** YEAH!
Popeye, F*** YEAH!
Demarcates, F*** YEAH!
Republicans (republicans)
(f*** yeah, f*** yeah)
Sportsmanship
Books
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wow that took me a long time to bleep out all those curse words. i hope i didnt miss any.
 
VRWCAgent said:
Just for you, I'll allow British folk songs. I'm sure there have to be some, even if hundreds of years old. :)
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Hmm, let me think.


Jerusalem? (not exactly folk)
 
I like Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA", and Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land", and Francis Scott Key's "The Star Spangled Banner" has always been a favorite.
 
am i the only one who thinks our national anthem sucks? I'd be up for changing it.
 
I think we should sing the fourth verse of it sometimes, too. Not just the first.

But I like it.
 
Irish Caesar said:
I think we should sing the fourth verse of it sometimes, too. Not just the first.

But I like it.
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What is the fourth verse?
 
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