Living in the U.S.A. Lyrics

Lyric discussion by drpoundsign 

Cover art for Living in the U.S.A. lyrics by Steve Miller Band

Unlike their Seventies Standards, THIS SMB Classic was written back in 1968. The Vietnam War, the Protests, the Chicago Convention Riots (not to mention the Bloody Riot there and in DC after MLK was Assassinated) the RFK Assassination, and the Radicals Not accepting Candidate Humphrey. NO MTV back then, but I can just SEE in my mind's eye, the Hippies, the Yippies, the Hell's Angels-ALL the Craziness.

My Interpretation

@drpoundsign Me thinks you've been influenced to make too much of the "Radicals". All sorts of people weren't happy with LBJ's party nor Nixon's party (dems, and repbuglicans). 71 & 72 things were beginning to simmer down, and the big change was like in 67 to 70. It was especially chaos if you were of draft age. It was all crazy, maddening war against the people, the young, and it sucked year after year. What we had was us, our music our unity. The parade of lying Presidents was relentless and more and...