So let's do right
or let's just say we're through
I just can't stand another
cold, cold war with you
Country legend Floyd Tillman wrote and recorded this song first in 1949, pretty much in the middle of the Cold War between the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R. Because this stand-off between two power countries so resembles the power struggles that can be seen in a couple's personal relationship, many artists have performed it since then. I first heard John Prine's version in the early '80s. This song is just one of many songs related to the Atomic Age and the foreboding that started then about the fate of the world... it's a foreboding that has never really left us, frankly. And relationships continue to have their stand-offs as well. On that cheery note, don't forget to give a big hug to those you love.
The sun goes down and leaves me sad and blue
The iron curtain falls on this cold war with you
Though you won't speak and I won't speak that's true
Two stubborn people with a cold war to go through
Oh why oh why should love ever come to couples like you and me
Whose cold cold wars are never done
And whose hearts just can't be free
Oh let's do right or let's just say we're through
I just can't stand another cold cold war with you
