In the late 70s or early 80s, there was a country song?

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Why Don't We All Just Get Stoned

Performed by Mac Davis

Why don't we all just get stoned,

Get drunk and sing beer-drinking songs.

Between Brezhnev and Begin,

Khomeini and Reagan,

We might as well all just get stoned.

Ya can't even look at the T.V. these days,

Without gettin' scared half to death.

The eyewitness news leaves me used and abused,

And I find myself gasping for breath.

There's strikes and inflation,

And strife between nations,

The world's in a hell of a mess.

No matter who's hurtin',

There's one thing for certain,

The whole world will blame the U.S.

Why don't we all just get stoned,

Get drunk and sing beer-drinking songs.

Between Brezhnev and Begin,

Khomeini and Reagan,

We might as well all just get stoned.

The Russians don't like us,

And we don't like them.

The Israelis hate the Ay-rabs.

Iran and Iraq are on each other's back,

And El Salvador's still up for grabs.

I wish they'd take Idi Amin and Khomeini

And Khadafi and all of the rest,

Tie'em all up to a chair,

And make'em stair at Yasser Arafat,

‘Til he uglies the whole bunch to death.

Why don't we all just get stoned,

Get drunk and sing beer-drinking songs.

Between Brezhnev and Begin,

Khomeini and Reagan,

We might as well all just get stoned.

There's mass unemployment,

And crime in the streets,

Inflation gets worse everyday,

They're taxin' us maximum,

And Congress ain't axin'em.

They take most my paycheck away.

Now Social Security

Has become an obscurity,

Where the hell's all the money we paid?

Lord, if the Commie's don't take us,

Reaganomics will break us,

We ain't got a chance either way.

Why don't we all just get stoned,

Get drunk and sing beer-drinking songs.

Between Brezhnev and Begin,

Khomeini and Reagan,

We might as well all just get stoned.

I have got to say that, although plenty of nation artists at present are both particularly pop or rock artists, I do like the truth that chord progressions are, for essentially the most aspect, plenty extra complicated. In traditional nation, you'll have plenty of songs that simply used 3 chords and, despite the fact that realistic songs regularly make the exceptional, complexity is consistently fascinating. Of path, I do love a few modern-day nation artists that experience that truly nation sound too, comparable to Brad Paisley, Jamey Johnson and Ashton Shepherd. I cannot stand the various truly pop acts in nation tune although, like Rascal Flatts, Taylor Swift, Shania Twain and Faith Hill. However, I can honestly stand Carrie Underwood, in view that she will be able to particularly sing. I simply consider Underwood must be categorized as pop. Another modern-day artist that is slightly extra at the pop part who I like is Katrina Elam, but she sounds extra nation than Carrie Underwood. I used to love Keith Urban earlier than he went one hundred% pop. I imply, together with his first 3 or 4 albums, he used to be honestly nation by way of trendy necessities. Now, he isn't even nation by way of trendy necessities.

I think Beckers has the lyrics to the song that you are looking for...funny how the more things change the more they stay the same...just the names may be different.

You're not thinking of "tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree", are you?

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