Lyrics for Progressives (ii) - Camper van Beethoven

"Sweethearts"

'Cause he's always living back in Dixon
Circa 1949
And we're all sitting at the fountain, at the five and dime
'Cause he's living in some B-movie
The lines they are so clearly drawn
In black and white life is so easy
And we're all coming along on this one
'Cause he's on a secret mission
Headquarters just radioed in
He left his baby at the dancehall
While the band plays on some sweet song
And on a mission over China
The lady opens up her arms
The flowers bloom where you haved placed them
And the lady smiles, just like mom
Angels wings are icing over
McDonnell-Douglas olive drab
They bear the names of our sweethearts
And the captain smiles, as we crash
'Cause in the mind of Ronald Reagan
Wheels they turn and gears they grind
Buildings collapse in slow motion
And trains collide, everything is fine
Everything is fine
Everything is fine

From Camper van Beethoven's "Key Lime Pie" CD. Lyrics via.

DED Space despairs, as do I, at the recent refashioning of Reagan as a "great American" who was good for the country; songs like this still exist, though. I like the "sting in the tail" at the end of the lyrics, when it becomes apparent that this is a political song.