Lyrics

Banana Republic

You've heard of banana republics
With their dictators and their wars
They can have anyone killed at any time
Without even saying what it’s for
They control the newspapers and the television
Keeps the army patrolling the streets
Friends gain influence by providing girls
To work underneath the sheets.

Now who wants to live
in a banana republic
Would you want to live
in a banana republic
A banana republic

They claim the nation's wealth is their own
And should anyone suggest it's wrong
They have them removed from their homes
And sent somewhere they just don't belong
When the economy crashes and people are starving
They blame it on everyone else
Some movement, migrants or minorities
Who can't even defend themselves.

You see those banana republics
Seem stuck in an endless bad day
Till the people take over the streets and the cities
And refuse to go away
And the dictator runs off to his Swiss bank account
With a mask over his face
Or maybe one of his own inner circle
Kills him and takes his place.

Oh who wants to live
in a banana republic
Would you want to live
in a banana republic
No, I don’t want to live
In a banana republic
Who wants to live in a banana republic
A banana republic