Tonton Macoute

(Al Stewart)

Come on to Haiti, you don’t need a treaty

Papa Doc will do you ok

Tonton in the sun – he’s polishing his gun

You’d better just stay out of his way

If you turn a critical eye, he’ll drill you through the middle and cry

It’s just Tonton

It’s just Tonton Macoute

Idi Amin Dada slowly going gaga

Some say it’s the yaya decay

Country’s going broker – but Idi he’s a joker

You’d better just stay out of his way

Anything you say that’s not right, you’re floating in the river at night

It’s just Tonton

It’s just Tonton Macoute

Papa had the voodoo to bring you down and cool you

Idi learned the lesson OK

From Neo to Stalin, Froward to Mussolini

They’ve always had to have it their way

But you can’t make political pie, with such hypocritical lie

It’s just Tonton

It’s just Tonton Macoute