Steve Van Zandt (Silvio on 'The Sopranos' to you younger DBIS'ers) put out a great album in 1984 called 'Voice of America'. Most of it was about American policy in Central America under the Reagan administration. Like 'Lives in the Balance' the names have changed, the countries are different now, but the beat of American adventurism continues on & on...

Here's the lyrics to the title track: (BTW, the album also contains Van Zandt's 'I Am a Patriot', a song Jackson has been doing for years. He and Bonnie Raitt just played it at an Edwards rally a few weeks ago.

Voice of America Steven Van Zandt (Blue Midnight Music, 1983)

Can you hear me, wake up where's the voice of America

Somebody help me, we gotta stop a crime I been betrayed by my own kind I been quiet, too quiet while across the borderline We die

Can you hear me, wake up where's the voice of America

I know that we knew right from wrong once upon a time Everything we stood for has been compromised I been quiet, too quiet while across our borderline my people lie

Can you hear me, wake up where's the voice of America

You're quiet, too quiet, are you still alive Inside

Can you hear me, wake up we're the voice of America we're the voice of America we're the voice of America we're the voice of America