The Jackson Browne song was a beauty, and suited the time (1983) perfectly. Reagan was arming enthusiastically for Armageddon, with full faith in "the rapture", and Russia was 6 years away from either a final and suicidal war...or the peaceful collapse of the Communist system. Fortunately, Gorbachev was neither stupid nor insane...

LAWYERS IN LOVE

I can't keep up with what's been going on.
I think my heart must just be slowing down.
Among the human beings in their designer jeans,
Am I the only one who hears the screams,
And the strangled cries of lawyers in love?

God sends his spaceships to America, the beautiful.
They land at six o'clock and there we are, the dutiful,
Eating from TV trays, tuned into to Happy Days,
Waiting for World War III while Jesus slaves
To the mating calls of lawyers in love.

Last night I watched the news from Washington, the capitol.
The Russians escaped while we weren't watching them, like Russians will.
Now we've got all this room. We’ve even got the moon,
And I hear the U.S.S.R. will be open soon,
As vacation land for lawyers in love.

(c) 1983 Night Kitchen Music ASCAP, by Jackson Browne