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Song Lyrics That Name Check Celebrities, Billy Bragg

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Billy Bragg's, "Moving the Goalposts"
The Lyrics:
Once in a while
Gennady Gerasimov drops his smile
Who They Mention:
Gennady Gerasimov - he was Gorbachev's Foreign spokeman
Submitted by: Tania WYEP
Billy Bragg's, "Moving the Goalposts"
The Lyrics:
Robin Hood and his Merry Men
Are never, never, never coming back again
Who They Mention:
Robin Hood and his Merry Men
Submitted by: Tania WYEP
Billy Bragg's, "North Sea Bubble"
The Lyrics:
I went out drinking with Thomas Paine
He said that all revolutions are not the same
Who They Mention:
Thomas Paine
Submitted by: Tania WYEP
Billy Bragg's, "Sexuality"
The Lyrics:
I look like Rober DeNiro, I drive a Mitsubishi Zero
Who They Mention:
Robert DeNiro
Submitted by: Tania WYEP
Billy Bragg's, "Waiting for the Great Leap Forward"
The Lyrics:
In the Soviet Union a scientist is blinded
By the resumption of nuclear testing and he is reminded
That Dr Robert Oppenheimer's optimism fell
At the first hurdle
Who They Mention:
Manhattan Project scientist Dr. Robert Oppenheimer
Submitted by: Tania WYEP
Billy Bragg's, "Waiting for the Great Leap Forward"
The Lyrics:
It may have been Camelot for Jack and Jacqueline
But on the Che Guevara highway filling up with gasoline
Fidel Castro's brother spies a rich lady who's crying
Over luxury's disappointment
Who They Mention:
Jack & Jacqueline Kennedy
Che Guevara
Fidel Castro
Submitted by: Tania WYEP

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