{"id":20972,"date":"2024-06-19T23:24:33","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T23:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=20972"},"modified":"2024-06-19T23:24:33","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T23:24:33","slug":"banana-republic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/banana-republic\/","title":{"rendered":"Banana Republic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Banana Republic<\/span>,<\/span> Jimmy Buffet, 1977<\/span><\/p>\n

Down to the<\/span> Banana Republics<\/span>, <\/span>Down<\/span> to the tropical sun<\/span>,<\/span>
\n<\/span>Go the expatriated American<\/span>s<\/span>, <\/span>Hopin<\/span>‘ to find some fun<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some of them go for the sailing<\/span>, <\/span>Brought<\/span> by the lure of the sea<\/span>,<\/span>
\n<\/span>Tryin<\/span>‘ to find what is ailing<\/span>, <\/span>Living in the land of the free<\/span>.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Some of them are running to lovers<\/span>, <\/span>Leaving no forward address<\/span>.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Some of them are running tons of ganja<\/span>, <\/span>Some are running from the IRS<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Late at night<\/span> you will find them<\/span>, <\/span>In the cheap hotels and bars<\/span>,<\/span>
\n<\/span>Hustling the senoritas<\/span>, <\/span>While<\/span> they dance beneath the stars<\/span>.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Spending those renegade pesos<\/span>, <\/span>On a bottle of rum and a lime<\/span>,<\/span>
\n<\/span>Singin<\/span>‘<\/span>,<\/span> \u201cG<\/span>ive me some words I can dance to<\/span>, <\/span>Or a melody that rhymes<\/span>.<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

First you learn the native custom<\/span>, <\/span>Soon<\/span> a word of Spanish or <\/span>two.<\/span>
\n<\/span>You know that you cannot trust them<\/span>, <\/span>T<\/span>hey know they can’t trust you<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Expatriated American <\/span>feelin<\/span>‘ so all alone<\/span>, <\/span><\/p>\n

Telling themselves the same lies<\/span>,<\/span>
\n<\/span>That they told themselves back home<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

[<\/span>BREAK<\/span>]<\/span><\/p>\n

Down to the Banana Republics<\/span>, <\/span>Things aren’t as warm as they seem<\/span>,<\/span>
\n<\/span>None of the natives are buying<\/span>, <\/span>a<\/span>ny <\/span>second hand<\/span> American dreams<\/span>,<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Banana Republic, Jimmy Buffet, 1977 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, Brought by the lure of the sea, Tryin‘ to find what is ailing, Living in the land of the … CLICK TO VIEW SONGBanana Republic<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-x-bill-chase"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20972\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}