Locke and Load

Same Old Song and Dance

In Dayton Ohio or Portland Maine
On a cotton gin out on the great high plains
That's done closed down along with the school
And the hospital and the swimming pool
Dust devils dance in the noonday heat
There's rats in the alley, and trash in the street
Gang graffiti on a boxcar door
We can't make it here anymore

-We Can't Make it Here

James McMurtry

Am I in a time warp? Who is president? FDR? Jimmy Carter? What's the unemployment rate - 13%? 15%? I thought we were doing pretty well, but obviously a lot of people are hurting out there.

I love McMurtry's music, and I don't even mind the occasional protest song - in the vein of the 60's "The Man (yep, that's me) is keeping me down". But come on. Find something else, dude. We've all got jobs now, man. You're being very un-dude.

Racism. Women and the poor hit the hardest. Evil corporations. Starving children. Dirty water. Dirty Air. Dirty laundry. War - what is it good for?

It's amazing how the liberals never change their tune.

posted by The Man @ 5:49 PM