I got an ETA at JFK

If the CIA says it's AOK

With their red tape

Red tape

And if you do get through

They tell you PDQ

To get B1/B2 you better

Join the queue

Red tape

Always red tape

Red tape dragging me down

Drowning in the Crimson sea

Red tape all around

Red tape dragging me down

Drowning in the Crimson sea

Red tape all around

The faces on TV well it's a mystery

You need some equity or be a VIP

Oh red tape

File it under B

You need an OBE to join the BBC

Buth it don't bother me

Cause I watch MTV

Oh red tape

Who needs it

Red tape dragging me down

Drowning in the Crimson sea

Red tape all around

Red tape dragging me down

Drowning in the Crimson sea

Red tape all around