Conquistador of Mexico, the Zulu and the Navaho   The Belgians in the Congo, short memory   Plantation in Virginia, the Raj in British India   The deadline in South Africa, short memory   The story of El Salvador, the silence of Hiroshima   Destruction of Cambodia, short memory      Short memory, must have a short memory      The sight of hotels by the Nile, the designated Hilton style   With running water specially bought short memory   A smallish man Afghanistan, a watch dog in a nervous land   They're only there to lend a hand short memory   Wake up in sweat at dead of night   And in the tents new rifles hey short memory      If you read the history books you'll see   The same things happen again and again   Repeat repeat short memory they've all got it   When are we going to play it again      Got a short, got a short, got a short, got a short   They've got a short must have a short, they've got a short, aah   Short memory, they've got a