Dictator In A Polo Shirt Lyrics - Singles - Bobs

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