Redgum - Too Many Dollars lyrics

Small town in Germany, another hot July Under occupation since 1945 Convoy on the ring road, coaches in the square GI's in the hedgerows, and tourists everywhere NATO's on manoeuvres, plowing up the farms Missiles under cavas on the autobahns F16s, hear the afterburners whine Pershings in the forest and tanks across the Rhine There's too many dollars Too many dollars 10,000 megatons of tactical defense Too many dollars and not enough sense Package tour up the Ruhr, Nikons on their knees Talking ‘bout exchange rates, Vodka duty free Tuesday's Munich, beer and cheap cigars British fill the queues, Australians fill the bars Dining at McDonald's, opera in the park LA thinks it's Disneyland, New York think it's Art Buying up souvenirs like they saw at school Hockney in the hall, Pica**o by the pool There's too many dollars Too many dollars You want a bit of culture, hang the expense Too many dollars and not enough sense Checkpoint charlie, minefields in the snow Guards bop to Bowie on the forces' radio Talking of Gorbachev, heard it all before Armaments are business, morals are a bore Talking in Geneva, nothing to conceal Poison in the harbours, silos in the field Cold steel hardware, even up the score A show of strength becomes a theatre of war There's too many dollars Too many dollars The Greens are getting angry, the Reds are getting tense The Generals are hungry sitting on the fence 10,000 megatons of tactic defense Too many dollars and not enough, not enough…