Dictator in a polo shirt

Dictator in a polo shirt

A backwards society

A non-aligned nation can't afford to buy starch

No chance for dignity in our laundry



When colonial powers were in charge

We send all the mufti to the riverbank

Pound it on a rock until it all come white

Then run it through the wringer while the women crank



Dictator in a polo shirt

Dictator in a polo shirt



The twentieth century brought us refrigerators

Dryers, and washers with the built-in agitators

But they all turn communist and kick out the whites

Nothing left but the coloreds and the brights



Dictator in a polo shirt

Dictator in a polo shirt



In a bloody coup

The colonials are sent packing

But they take some skills

That we seem to be lacking

The power fails and the washers all break down

And the runners bring a message that the rebels are attacking



Dictator in a polo shirt

Dictator in a polo shirt



Of the hundred palace guards

Most have run away

Of the loyal ones, there are but thirty

They call to me to make a show of strength

But I can't come out

When my uniform is dirty



Dictator in a polo shirt

Dictator in a polo shirt