Oops can I have those lyrics back please.

Cafe Society
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Listening to the radio in the car yesterday I heard Stevie Wonder’s Master Blaster which features:

Peace has come to Zimbabwe
Third World’s right on the one
Now’s the time for celebration
'Cause we’ve only just begun

which reminded me of Bob Marley’s contribution:

*Natty Dread it in-a (Zimbabwe);
Set it up in (Zimbabwe);
Mash it up-a in-a Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe);
Africans a-liberate (Zimbabwe), yeah.

No more internal power struggle;
We come together to overcome a little trouble.
Soon we’ll find out who is the real revolutionary,
'Cause I don’t want my people to be contrary.*

With the benefit of hindsight…

Any other examples of sadly misplaced sentiment in song?

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Well, Jesus Jones’ “Right Here, Right Now,” was, in hindsight, a might overly optimistic.

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Love isn’t all you need.

You also need matches, candles, gasoline, batteries, pork and beans, and an AK-47.

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I always thought the Clash spoke a bit too soon in “Washington Bullets”:

For the very first time ever
When they had a revolution in Nic-a-rag-u-a
There was no interference from America…