Panama Lyrics

On a journey south they rode

For titles, lands and gold

Dùn Èideann's suits left and shut up shop

Parcelled rogues dressed in Whitehall smocks

Left a nation in the cold

Left a people to be sold

Bequeathed our jewels to a hostile foe

Passed the reigns and let them run the show

And why can't we stand that tall

Panama happened many moons ago

And why do we need them at all

They'll look after their own before they notice us at all

You've got to wonder have we any sense at all

When everyone else is giving it their all

What dependent serfs we stay

We've lost our soul, we've even lost our way

The empire's gone with the setting sun

You'd think it would be time to cut and run

Now we sit and answer phones

The cheapest bidder left to serve their homes

We delude ourselves about dividends

And gifted wealth from our closest friends

And why can't we stand that tall

Panama happened many moons ago

And why do we need them at all

They'll look after their own before they notice us at all

You've got to wonder have we any sense at all

When everyone else is giving it their all

You've got to wonder have we any sense at all

When everyone else is giving it their all