WARRING FACTIONS – IHM LYRIC WATCH 4
Of course, along with my own attempts at peace making in the bitter Middle Eastern conflict, Mr Philip Oakey of the Human League tried his damnedest to point out the ironic contradictions of life in Beirut, in his song “The Lebanon”:
“And where there used to be some shops
Is where the snipers sometimes hide
He left his home the week before
He thought he’d be like the police
But now he finds he is at war
“Weren’t we supposed to keep the peace?”
Phil, where is your long-deserved Nobel Prize, mate?