Dictator In A Polo Shirt (The 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