Somebody's Lying
1989 · Bradley Brothers B.B. 7789 · Simi Valley, California
- Artist
- Rick Tucker
- Title
- Somebody's Lying
- Release
- Somebody's Lying
- Year
- 1989
- Label
- Bradley Brothers # B.B. 7789
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Simi Valley, California, USA
- Songwriter
- Don Bradley
- Genre
- Country · Country Pop
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Somebody's Lying (Tucker, Rick) Country. Post-war 80s. P.O.W. / M.I.A.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Somebody's lying somewhere about my brother gone to war And the politics your playing just ain't working anymore He fought the fight you asked him to and you've repaid him well You let him rot away somewhere in a bamboo prison cell
Notes
Bradley Brothers Records & Tapes B.B. 7789 A, "Los Angeles/Tacoma", Box 2144, Winnetka, CA 91306 and Box 25, Puyallup, Washington 98372; "Somebody's Lying" (Don Bradley), 3:22, Darren Music Co., ASCAP, © & ℗ 1989; produced by Don Bradley & Hal Bradley; the label is "Dedicated to all the P.O.W.'s & the M.I.A.'s from all the wars." The picture sleeve front is headed "Life under the Viet Cong: Rice...Monkey...Dog & Bear Meat... In a Bamboo Prison Cell!!" over a drawing of a prisoner behind bamboo bars. The back prints the song's opening lines and statements from two former prisoners of war: Lloyd J Hill ("former P.O.W. 43 mos."), who was reported dead to his parents while in prison camp and believes some are still held in camps for labour, and Vernon Devitt ("former P.O.W. 16 mos."), who says the song "gets right to the heart of the matter". [From the record sleeve and labels]
Themes
P.O.W. · Patriotic · K.I.A. · Hanoi · Anti-Government