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Gonna send those welfare bombs right back to work
Gonna start a war before 84
Start a dirty war in El Salvador
Gonna start a war before 84
Gonna back the contras and apartheid
Gonna start a war before 84
Then I'll win the election by a landslide
Ronnie and Mags, Maggie and Ron
Let’s get together build a neutron bomb
(Ronnie and Mags)
Maggie and Ron, Ronnie and Mags
Let’s go to Grenada and glorify our flags
Could a private Dodge shut down some mines
Gonna start a war before 84
[?]
Gonna start a war before 84
Feed a slice of cake to Bobby Sands
Gonna start a war before 84
Spend a holiday in the Falklands
(Maggie and Ron)
Ronnie and Mags, Maggie and Ron
Gonna get the hostages from Iran
(Ronnie and Mags)
Maggie and Ron, Ronnie and Mags
Let’s go to Grenada and the Falklands
Don’t stop
Ronnie and Mags, Denis and Mags
We know exactly who is wearing the pants
(Maggie and Ron)
Denis and Mags, Maggie and Ron
Let’s have a force and build a neutron bomb
Gonna start a war before 84
Start a dirty war in El Salvador
Gonna start a war before 84
Gonna back the contras and apartheid
Gonna start a war before 84
Then I'll win the election by a landslide
Ronnie and Mags, Maggie and Ron
Let’s get together build a neutron bomb
(Ronnie and Mags)
Maggie and Ron, Ronnie and Mags
Let’s go to Grenada and glorify our flags
Could a private Dodge shut down some mines
Gonna start a war before 84
[?]
Gonna start a war before 84
Feed a slice of cake to Bobby Sands
Gonna start a war before 84
Spend a holiday in the Falklands
(Maggie and Ron)
Ronnie and Mags, Maggie and Ron
Gonna get the hostages from Iran
(Ronnie and Mags)
Maggie and Ron, Ronnie and Mags
Let’s go to Grenada and the Falklands
Don’t stop
Ronnie and Mags, Denis and Mags
We know exactly who is wearing the pants
(Maggie and Ron)
Denis and Mags, Maggie and Ron
Let’s have a force and build a neutron bomb
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Ronnie: Ronald Reagan (former US President) Mags: Margaret Thatcher (former British Prime Minister)
Song is about different world problems during the time that Ronnie and Mags were in power (Khmer Rouge, Falklands War, U.S. invasion of Grenada, Iran-Contra affair, Bobby Sands - prisoner that died in a hunger strike).
Reagan also won by a "landslide" in 1984 pres. election, winning in 49 of 50 states.
Bobby Sands was not just a prisoner in a hunger strike. He was a member of the IRA and he was one of many who went on hunger strike to secure their rights as prisoners of war. When he died, he had been elected to the English parliament in Westminster. So Maggie Thatcher allowed a member of her own parliament to die rather than allow basic POW rights.
Yes while the lyrics of this song are direct references to Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher the reason behind it is much more interesting (at least to me). This is song is actually a response to the aggressive resurgence of Thatcherism in the UK and the intense deification of Reagan by the majority of the US republican party. I love this song as it definitely has the feel of mid eighties political hardcore (albeit much more sonically polished), but I feel it could of hit harder by referencing these to figures views on homosexuals which were extreme, disgusting, and disturbing even for that time during the eighties.
Yes while the lyrics of this song are direct references to Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher the reason behind it is much more interesting (at least to me). This is song is actually a response to the aggressive resurgence of Thatcherism in the UK and the intense deification of Reagan by the majority of the US republican party. I love this song as it definitely has the feel of mid eighties political hardcore (albeit much more sonically polished), but I feel it could of hit harder by referencing these to figures views on homosexuals which were extreme, disgusting, and disturbing even for that time during the eighties.
Yes while the lyrics of this song are direct references to Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher the reason behind it is much more interesting (at least to me). This is song is actually a response to the aggressive resurgence of Thatcherism in the UK and the intense deification of Reagan by the majority of the US republican party. I love this song as it definitely has the feel of mid eighties political hardcore (albeit much more sonically polished), but I feel it could of hit harder by referencing these to figures views on homosexuals which were extreme, disgusting, and disturbing even for that time during the eighties.