"King Country" genre: Country General
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	Just yer average tune about a trucker on a run from Tulsa to Graceland, tellin' his troubles to an all-ears waitress in a greasy spoon.
	Label: kammjamm productions Credits: Written and produced by David Kamm. Rhythm guitar: Tom Bishel. Fake strings, 88-key drums, syntho-bass, pseudo-psteel guitar, (real) Fender Rhodes: David Kamm. Thanks to Tom Bishel for help on the chorus.
	Story Behind the Song [Engineer's note:  As this song has proven to be sort of popular, especially among the institutionalized and the infirm, I decided to clean up the vocal mix for this special October 2001 version.] A parody I wrote in Summer 2000 for an Elvis-sighting video that I was asked to co-score the musical soundtrack for.  There's a scene in the film where the main character and her co-worker (both are Big City types) are driving somewhere near Memphis, and they're smirking as they can't seem to find anything but Country music radio stations.  I originally planned to use just a couple of seconds of this song as they paused on a particular country station.  But the film's director liked the story of the song, so I was coerced into making the thing a full song.  It's now used as the closing credits theme. Lyrics I got a trailer full o' heartache And a belly full o' beer A truckstop east of Tulsa The waitress lends her ear I tell my tale of sorrow A life of grindin' gears A thousand miles to Memphis A thousand miles of tears [Chorus:] King Country, Tennessee In the land of grace and harmony And that southern inspiration Is really all I need To save me from this misery Well the highway is a stranger When all you feel is pain And all your friends are laughin' When sunshine turns to rain And money doesn't mean much When gray skies fill the blue A mystery lies in Memphis But I'm just passin' through... [Chorus] [solo] [Chorus]

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