Heart of the Country

Song ratings

Rating	Comments	Author	Date
	A Paul song that one either likes or hates. I'm in the first section. It's a song that Paul sings so damn easily, while it's pretty hard to do when you try. Because of that, it sounds like he wrote it on the spot, but it's a very well crafted song in my humble opinion. Paul's scat during the solo on acoustic guitar is simply great for example. A little slip on the bass at 0.33. I read that Denny replaced his basedrum for a plastic trash can and played brushes on a thin piece of sheet metal. The result is just great and fits the song well.	Bobber	April 11, 2012
	Marvelous vocal performance with which I love to sing along, after making certain that nobody is anywhere nearby! Over the years, Paul has received a lot of criticism for weak lyrics (some of it from me), and it is true that lyrics seem to have been a lifelong struggle for Sir Paul, but some of that is compensated by some extraordinarily expressive 'scat' singing which can work as effectively as the most poetic lyrics. That is certainly the case in this song, as well as songs like "The Back Seat of My Car", "My Love", all the way up to "Jenny Wren".	Bruce Beatlefan	November 8, 2006
		Dmitry	May 12, 2005

Lyrics

I look high, I look low,
I'm lookin' everywhere I go,
Lookin' for a home
In the heart of the country.

I'm gonna go, l'm gonna go,
I'm gonna tell everyone I know
Lookin ' for a home
In the heart of the country.

Heart of the country
Where the holy people grow,
Heart of the country,
Smell the grass in the meadow.

Wo wo wo.

Want horse, I want sheep,
I want to get me a good night's sleep,
Livin ' in a home
In the heart of the country.

I'm gonna go, I'm gonna go,
I'm gonna tell everyone I know
Livin' in a home
In the heart of the country.

Heart of the country
Where the holy people grow,
Heart of the country,
Smell the grass in the meadow.

Wo wo wo..

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