Dictator in a polo shirt<br />
Dictator in a polo shirt<br />
A backwards society<br />
A non-aligned nation can't afford to buy starch<br />
No chance for dignity in our laundry<br />
When colonial powers were in charge<br />
We send all the mufti to the riverbank<br />
Pound it on a rock until it all come white<br />
Then run it through the wringer while the women crank<br />
Dictator in a polo shirt<br />
Dictator in a polo shirt<br />
The twentieth century brought us refrigerators<br />
Dryers, and washers with the built-in agitators<br />
But they all turn communist and kick out the whites<br />
Nothing left but the coloreds and the brights<br />
Dictator in a polo shirt<br />
Dictator in a polo shirt<br />
   In a bloody coup<br />
   The colonials are sent packing<br />
   But they take some skills<br />
   That we seem to be lacking<br />
   The power fails and the washers all break down<br />
   And the runners bring a message that the rebels are attacking<br />
Dictator in a polo shirt<br />
Dictator in a polo shirt<br />
Of the hundred palace guards<br />
Most have run away<br />
Of the loyal ones, there are but thirty<br />
They call to me to make a show of strength<br />
But I can't come out<br />
When my uniform is dirty<br />
Dictator in a polo shirt<br />
Dictator in a polo shirt