Verse 1

Conquistador of Mexico

The Zulu and the Navaho

The Belgians in the Congo

Plantation in Virginia

The Raj in British India

The deadline in South Africa

The story of El Salvador

The silence of Hiroshima

Destruction of Cambodia

(Chorus)

Short memory, must have a short memory (x2)

Verse 2

The sight of hotels by the Nile

The designated Hilton style

With running water specially bought

A smallish man Afghanistan

A watch dog in a nervous land

They're only there to lend a hand

The friendly five a dusty smile

Wake up in a sweat at dead of night

And in the tents new rifles, hey, short memory

(Chorus)

Short Memory must have a short memory(x2)

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