Country News

from Prairie Road by Sean E McGowan

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Country News 15 May 2015

I had just moved into a house in the countryside near Eugene, Oregon. I was texting a friend how terrific it was to hear all the sounds of the country. She said, "that's my kinda 6 o'clock news!" and the song was born. The first iteration wasn't good enough and when I took it to John Shipe he encouraged me to re-think it. I moved the guitar to drop D tuning, changed the rhythm and here we are. This is the news!

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Voices carry across the fields Chickens dance in the dirt
Chain saw rips miles away Owl says just one word
This is the news out in the country
Trucks rumble by down that lonely road
It can't decide if it is really gonna rain
Cherry tree has no blossoms This whiskey aint easing my pain

This is the news This is the news out in the country
There aint no rules out in the country
Except the ones you make up as you go
This is the news out in the country

Poppies stay closed on a cloudy day
Peacock yells at the daylight moon
The wind sounds lonely in the countryside
Gonna be time for planting soon

This is the news This is the news out in the country
There aint no rules out in the country
Except the ones you make up as you go
This is the news out in the country

The pheasant calls out to no one A horse clears her throat
Talking to the crickets who chirp in the sun
A dog barks just to gloat
This is the news out in the country
You can hear the cat purr under the porch
The well went dry just the other day Uncle Joe ran it down
So we jumped in the creek with no other way
To clean up before we went to town

This is the news This is the news out in the country
There aint no rules out in the country
Most times you make it up as you go
This is the news out in the country

credits

from Prairie Road, released July 21, 2018
Produced by Tyler Fortier
Written by Sean Edward McGowan.
2015 Sean McGowan Music (ASCAP)
Sean McGowan - vocals, acoustic guitar
Milo Fultz: Upright Bass
Special thanks to Beth Wood

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Singer/songwriter and improv actor now based in Portland, Oregon.

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