Green Banana March

Lyrics

[Verse 1] In the heat of the square By the bus depot gate We passed around mango bread And the news came late Old men on the wall With their boots in dust Said the sugar ran dry Now the whole town must Paper flags in the rain Stuck to the chain-link fence Marta drew a red line On the governor's car The school bell rang once Then the sirens cried And the palm trees bent low Like they knew tonight [Pre-Chorus] Hear that drumline roll Through the market stalls Every hand on a sign Every voice on call From the cane field fire To the courthouse door We were only a rumor Now we want much more [Chorus] Banana republic, burn Banana republic, rise Banana republic, turn Under a hundred lies Hey, hey, hold the line Hey, hey, take it back Banana republic, rise Marching down the tracks [Verse 2] They sold the river maps To a man offshore Then they locked up the bridge And they locked the store But the women with sacks And the boys with nails Built a wall of drums Out of buckets and pails Luis climbed the truck With a megaphone grin Said the fields are ours Let the morning in We painted the tires With the names of the dead And the old train whistle Sang what no one said [Pre-Chorus] Hear that drumline roll Through the market stalls Every hand on a sign Every voice on call From the cane field fire To the courthouse door We were only a rumor Now we want much more [Chorus] Banana republic, burn Banana republic, rise Banana republic, turn Under a hundred lies Hey, hey, hold the line Hey, hey, take it back Banana republic, rise Marching down the tracks [Bridge] [Half-time] No more gold on their rings No more keys to the gate We got dirt on our shoes And a future to make The whole hill shook When the first stone flew And the bells in the church Woke up, one by two [Final Chorus] Banana republic, burn Banana republic, rise Banana republic, turn Under a hundred lies Hey, hey, hold the line Hey, hey, take it back Banana republic, rise Marching down the tracks Banana republic, rise Banana republic, rise Hey, hey, take it back Banana republic, rise