
Peak
13
Weeks
15
Score
2,224
Chart Year
1983
Often mistaken for social satire (on '80s materialism), this was actually about nuclear détente and the way world leaders play games with the lives of innocent citizens. Lawyers In Love was Browne's most political album. >> Browne called this song "a political satire based on the delusion in the United States that there would be nothing in the world if there were no Russians." It didn't go as planned. "The vast majority of my audience could not get the height of that song," he explained. "They did not understand it, probably as a result of the misconception that I could not be satirical. In addition, political affairs are also much less clear to the younger generations than I thought." Browne got the title from his brother-in-law, how told him that Los Angeles looked like it "had been designed by lawyers in love." Rick Vito contributed some guitar work on this track. He spent three years with Fleetwood Mac in the late 1980s early '90s after Lindsey Buckingham left the band.
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
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jul 9, 1983 | 59 | 67 |
| 2 | Jul 16, 1983 | 40 | 86 |
| 3 | Jul 23, 1983 | 34 | 92 |
| 4 | Jul 30, 1983 | 28 | 98 |
| 5 | Aug 6, 1983 | 25 | 101 |
| 6 | Aug 13, 1983 | 25 | 101 |
| 7 | Aug 20, 1983 | 17 | 109 |
| 8 | Aug 27, 1983 | 14 | 112 |
| 9 | Sep 3, 1983 | 14 | 112 |
| 10 | Sep 10, 1983 | 13 | 113 |
| 11 | Sep 17, 1983 | 13 | 113 |
| 12 | Sep 24, 1983 | 19 | 107 |
| 13 | Oct 1, 1983 | 29 | 97 |
| 14 | Oct 8, 1983 | 49 | 77 |
| 15 | Oct 15, 1983 | 95 | 31 |