Makeshift Swahili

"Makeshift", she sings

In her native German

You try to understand what she's trying to say

She says, "You're only as good

As the words you understand"

And you, you don't understand a word

Tower of Babel, Swahili

It's all Greek to me

Bi-lingual, double dutch

Gift of the gab, gift of the gab

We give you firewater, you give us your land

"White man speak with forked tongue"

But it's too late now to start complaining

Too late

Monosyllabic, hieroglyphic

Et cetera, et cetera

Tower of Babel, Swahili

It's all Greek to me

New lamps for old, new lamps for old

Rhubarb rhubarb, rhubarb rhubarb

Rhubarb rhubarb, rhubarb rhubarb