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Banana Republics
Steve Goodman


Down to the banana republics, down to the tropical sun
Go the expatriated americans, hopin' to find some fun
Some of them go for the sailing, caught by the lure of the sea
Tryin' to find what is ailing, livin' in the land of the free

Some of them are running from lovers, leaving no foreward address
Some of them are running tons of ganja
Some are running from the i.r.s.

Chorus:
Late at night you will find them
In the cheap hotels and bars
Hustling the senioritas while they dance beneath the stars
Spending those renegade pesos on a bottle of rum and a lime
Singin' give me some words i can dance to
Or a melody that rhymes

First you learn the native customs
Soon a word of spanish or two
You know that you cannot trust them
'cause they know they can't trust you
Expatriated americans feelin' so all alone
Telling themselves the same lies
That they told themselves back home

Down to the banana republics, things aren't as warm as they seem
None of the natives are buying any second-hand american dreams

Chorus:
Late at night you will find them
In the cheap hotels and bars
Hustling the senioritas while they dance beneath the stars
Spending those renegade pesos on a bottle of rum and a lime
Singin' give me some words i can dance to
Or a melody that rhymes

Down to the banana republics, down to the tropical sun
Go the expatriated americans hopin' to find some fun



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  Banana Republic   Between the Lines   Big Rock Candy Mountain   California Promises   Chicken Cordon Bleus   COLORADO CHRISTMAS   Death of a Salesman   Don't Do Me Any Favors Anymore   Eight Ball Blues   Election year rag   Elvis Imitators   Face on the Cutting Room Floor   Fourteen Days   Go Cubs Go   Hand It To You   Hot Tub Refugee   How Much Tequila (Did I Drink Last Night)   I Just Keep Falling In Love   If Jethro Were Here [Instrumental]   Lincoln Park Pirates [#]   Men Who Love Women Who Love Men   My Old Man   Old Fashioned   Old Smoothies   Runaway   Sdrawkcab Klat (Talk Backwards).   Sometimes Love Forgets   Splish Splash   Take Me Out to the Ball Game   Take Me Out to the Ball Game   The Ballad Of Penny Evans   The Dutchman   The One That Got Away   The Water Is Wide   This Hotel Room   Tico-Tico [Instrumental]   Two Lovers   Vegamatic   Video Tape   Yellow Coat   You Better Get It While You Can (The Ballad Of Car   You Never Even Call Me By My Name

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