1.My Country
This is pretty damn close to the way i grew up. the family time
was consumed every night with watching television：my mother in a
chair, dad on the sofa, me lying on the floor and my brother sit
Behind me. that was our family unit, and it's something i was
very comfortable with. when i can get my wife and kids to watch
television with me, i get a sense of comfort - it's like what i
reme
As long as they're watching, i don't have to; i read or
something. but at least we're all there together.
The guy in the song doesn't understand why his kids would come
over to his house. he thinks, 'they have their own tvs; why do
they want to come over and watch mine？ if you have a telev
, why would you go anywhere？' that's where this person lives -
it's his country, televisionland. when i go see my father, he
just wants me to go home so he can watch 'matlock.' bu
E felt the same thing. i'm watching a ball game and one of my
kids threatens to come over, and i say to myself, 'shit.'
hopefully i'm not that bad, but i'm pretty close to it.
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