Deep Politics soundtrack

[Tracy Riddle]

Jimmy Cliff - Vietnam


Hey, Vietnam, Vietnam Vietnam, Vietnam Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam
Yesterday, I got a letter from my friend fighting in Vietnam And this is what he had to say "Tell all my friends that I'll be coming home soon My time'll be up some time in June Don't forget", he said, "To tell my sweet Mary Her golden lips are sweet as cherry"
And it came from Vietnam, Vietnam Vietnam, Vietnam Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam
It was just the next day, his mother got a telegram It was addressed from Vietnam Now mistress Brown, she lives in the USA And this is what she wrote and said "Don't be alarmed", she told me the telegram said
And it came from Vietnam, Vietnam Vietnam, Vietnam Vietnam, Vietnam, hey, Vietnam Somebody please stop that war now
Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, oh Vietnam, Vietnam, oh Vietnam, oh oh, oh oh Somebody please stop it
Vietnam, Vietnam, oh Vietnam, Vietnam, oh oh, oh oh Vietnam, hey, Vietnam, aha Vietnam, oh oh, yeah
I wanna say now somebody stop that war Vietnam, oh yeah, aha

John Prine Your Flag Decal Won't Get you Into Heaven Anymore


While digesting Reader's Digest
In the back of a dirty book store,
A plastic flag, with gum on the back,
Fell out on the floor.
Well, I picked it up and I ran outside
Slapped it on my window shield,
And if I could see old Betsy Ross
I'd tell her how good I feel.

Chorus:
But your flag decal won't get you
Into Heaven any more.
They're already overcrowded
From your dirty little war.
Now Jesus don't like killin'
No matter what the reason's for,
And your flag decal won't get you
Into Heaven any more.

Well, I went to the bank this morning
And the cashier he said to me,
"If you join the Christmas club
We'll give you ten of them flags for free."
Well, I didn't mess around a bit
I took him up on what he said.
And I stuck them stickers all over my car
And one on my wife's forehead.

Repeat Chorus:

Well, I got my window shield so filled
With flags I couldn't see.
So, I ran the car upside a curb
And right into a tree.
By the time they got a doctor down
I was already dead.
And I'll never understand why the man
Standing in the Pearly Gates said...

"But your flag decal won't get you
Into Heaven any more.
We're already overcrowded
From your dirty little war.
Now Jesus don't like killin'
No matter what the reason's for,
And your flag decal won't get you
Into Heaven any more."

Gil Scott Heron - We Almost Lost Detroit


It stands out on a highway
like a Creature from another time.
It inspires the babies' questions,
"What's that?"
For their mothers as they ride.
But no one stopped to think about the babies
or how they would survive,
and we almost lost Detroit
this time.
How would we ever get over
losing our minds?
Just thirty miles from Detroit
stands a giant power station.
It ticks each night as the city sleeps
seconds from annihilation.
But no one stopped to think about the people
or how they would survive,
and we almost lost Detroit
this time.
How would we ever get over
over losing our minds?
The sheriff of Monroe County had,
sure enough disasters on his mind,
and what would Karen Silkwood say
if she was still alive?
That when it comes to people's safety
money wins out every time.
and we almost lost Detroit
this time, this time.
How would we ever get over
over losing our minds?
You see, we almost lost Detroit
that time.
Almost lost Detroit
that time.
And how would we ever get over...
Cause odds are,
we gonna loose somewhere, one time.
Odds are
we gonna loose somewhere sometime.
And how would we ever get over
losing our minds?
And how would we ever get over
losing our minds?
Didn't they, didn't they decide?
Almost lost Detroit
that time.
Damn near totally destroyed,
one time.
Didn't all of the world know?
Say didn't you know?
Didn't all of the world know?
Say didn't you know?
We almost lost detroit...