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Midtempo, trippingly fingerpicked, spoken-word recollection of what American ideals used to be, or were supposed to be. Written almost 20 years before 9/11.

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I remember America
I remember it well
When you could walk downtown in the middle of the night
Without the smell of fear on your shoulder
As you jump at every sound
And you never look in the eye of any stranger
Who could easily gun you down
I remember America
I remember every town
When crack was the sound that caps would make
In the only guns that kids would have around

I remember America
I remember my friends
I remember America
And I want to be safe again

I remember America
I remember the time
When rock n' roll was cool and fun and we'd read between the lines
I remember America
Like you remember the dead
When freedom of speech wasn't every four-letter word a sailor never said
I remember America
And I remember my school
Now it's graft and gangs and guards and guns and needles in the pool
But I remember America
When kids could walk alone
Go to the corner for a root beer float and safely make it home

I remember America
I remember my friends
I remember America
And I want to be safe again

I remember America
And I remember my home
That any working man would proudly say it was something that he owned
I remember America
And I remember the day
November twenty-second, nineteen sixty-three,
When they blew the dreams away
I remember America
I remember my friends
I remember America
And I want to be safe again

I remember America
I remember America
I remember America

credits

from Mother Country - FYC "Folk Album", released May 11, 2015
Dave Crossland – vocals, acoustic guitar
Peter Adams – all keyboards
Bob Hawkins – electric guitar
Kimon Kirk – electric and acoustic bass
Tom Polce – drums, percussion

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Dave Crossland Los Angeles, California

Dave Crossland and his hard-loved '49 Gibson J-45 are based in LA. No Depression gave Mother Country a “Los Angeles Best of 2014” and the Boston Herald gave his "Pearl" CD a top-10 album spot with Springsteen and Neko Case. Well-seasoned on the indie circuit, Crossland has supported / shared stages with Shawn Colvin, John Waite, Kenny Loggins, Lindsey Buckingham, Rosanne Cash, America, and more... ... more

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