We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

They're Setting A Bad Example

by Dave Lippman

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1 USD  or more

     

about

I wrote this a year before the 1983 US invasion. How? By picking the most unlikely, unthreatening possible place on the map. That’s how reality overtakes satire. Released on "Shoot From the Lipp," Urgent Records,1987.

lyrics

The other night when we were out bowlin
My buddy says to me
Hey man, what you think about Poland?
Such a sorry sight to see
We got to do what we can
Bout the trouble in Afghanistan
We could bomb the Soviets, but better yet
Let’s bomb Grenada

They are nationalizing everything
I knew it would be this way
They say if you want to make a profit
A greater tax you must pay
We need freedom of investment
Just like we’ve got in Formosa
Maybe we could give Grenada
To Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner and Somoza

Chorus:
Cut off their aid, cut off their trade
If that don’t persuade em, we got to invade em
Or blockade em, or stockade em
Switchblade em or grenade em
They’re setting a bad example

Star wars are more fun than guerrilla wars, of course
You see, we are Americans so we never like to use force
We’re generous to a fault
But these things get out of hand
Imagine, they want to decide for themselves
Which crops to grow on their land!

The people down there don’t seem to care
I was really quite shocked
They drive into town, take a walk around
Leavin their car door unlocked
This is clearly Communism
So let’s bring in the choppers and tanks
We’ll bring back pluralism
A choice between the IMF and the World Bank
Chorus

credits

released December 28, 2016
Dave Lippman, rhythm guitar, vocals
Bruce Barthol, bass
Rick Auerbach, lead guitar
Dave Rokeach, drums

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Dave Lippman New York, New York

Post-corporate songmaker Dave Lippman provides a passionate, comedic, participatory, multi-media romp through society’s ills and thrills.

Lippman has 14 releases to his credit, not counting jail. His 2016 release is "You Don't Own the World."
... more

contact / help

Contact Dave Lippman

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Dave Lippman, you may also like: