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