A Political Affair [Song]

Uploaded by Kesta Stoute

A POLITICAL AFFAIR
By Queen Victoria

Hey-hey! PNM posse! ILP posse! UNC posse!
Allyuh come! I have a mark to buss!
Woy! Bacchanal!

Never in my life, I thought this could happen
Oh, mih man walk out mih house and leave just like nothing
And I am beautiful and so photogenic
When mih man was home, I was ecstatic
I never had to think about mih front gate
Because he is a man, he never come late
We used to sit down together eating one plate
Celebrating anniversary date after date.
He is an action man, lord, he can create
Left, right and center, he facilitate
In that man, I have plenty faith
In my cabinet, he used to give and take.

Jack, come home! [Come home!] I love you. [Come home!]
Boy, I miss you. [Come home!] I need you.
Jack, I sorry I tell the country 'bout you. [Come home!]
I want you. [Come home!] Boy, I miss you. [Come home!] I love you.
Jack, I sorry I call you a lagahoo.

[Kamla] Kamla, I ent coming back, oh gad! [Kamla] I ent coming back. Uh-uh!
[Kamla] You start the attack. You was going to get this monkey off of your back?
[Kamla] I sorry for you, gyul, hmm. [Kamla] I sorry you. [Kamla] I sorry for you.
Next year you going to get a ride from this lagahoo.

Woy, somebody pinch me. Ey! Who call mih?
Woy! Bacchanal!

Boy, you know I have a country to run
And who I have in mih house they better than none
You don't have to bother what Suruj say
Because he only running he mouth like a soakaway
A woman need a good, real man by her side
So Jackie, boy, from now I will abide
When I think how we used to walk side by side
Oh, I does hold mih head up to watch the sky.
Look, mih country going down the drain
The heart of every mother is filled with pain
And crime on the increase again
They shooting like the Wild West in Port of Spain!

Jack, come home! [Come home!] I love you. [Come home!]
Boy, I miss you. [Come home!] I need you.
Jack, I sorry I tell PNM 'bout you [Come home!]
I miss you. [Come home!] I'll adore you. [Come home!] I'll protect you.
Jack, I sorry I call you a lagahoo.

[Kamla] Kamla, I ent coming back, uh-uh. [Kamla] I ent coming back!, Oh gad, oh gad!
[Kamla] You start the attack. You was glad to get this monkey off of your back?
Your pocket get deep, gyul, huh! Your pockets get deep. Your pocket get deep.
Laga-who?? Your whole cabinet can't sleep!
Woy, yesterday was yesterday, today is today!

Ey! I say who call mih?
Oh lawd! Bacchanal! Oy!

I know you 'fraid dem boys in the cabal
Especially Moonilal Coonilal
But he's not a threat, he studying Range Rover
While T&T, my country is in danger
Oh boy, you know that I am very slick
That's why me and Anand give weself silk
Boy, like you want PP ship to sink?
Come home, I'll forgive you, don't even think
You ride out and leave mih heart here in pain
I may not win election again
To hide that firetruck was real strain
Doh make me beg so much in vain.

Jack, come home! [Come home!] I love you. [Come home!]
Boy, I miss you. [Come home!] I need you.
Jack, I sorry I tell Parliament 'bout you [Come home!]
I need you. [Come home!] I'll protect you [Come home!] I'll adore you.
Jack, I sorry I call you a lagahoo.

[Kamla] Kamla, I ent coming back! [Kamla] I ent coming back, oh gad!
[Kamla] You start the attack!
You was going and get this monkey off of your back?
[Kamla] Gyul, not me at all! uh-uhm, uh-uhm! [Kamla] Gyul, not me at all!
[Kamla] Gyul, not me at all!
My dear, I 'fraid you and your cabal.

Oh! Jack, come home! Hey-hey!
Woy! Bacchanal!

Remember the good times right from the start
When we used to romance in Rienzi car park
Now you leave and gone, tell me what to do?
Oh, and it look like mih children following you
Jack, is you who pull me out of the fountain
Ey, when I was high like a kite on top ----- mountain
Me alone can't handle all of this money
Do fast, I need you back home here, honey
Corruption, I know you do not like
You don't want to see FIFA in your sight
I'll give you a part from that money plight
I will surely protect you with all mih might.

Boy, come home! [Come home!] I love you. [Come home!]
Boy, I miss you. [Come home!] I need you.
Jack, I sorry I tell Khadijah 'bout you [Come home!]
I miss you. [Come home!] I'll protect you [Come home!] I love you.
Jack, I sorry I call you a lagahoo.

[Kamla] Kamla, I ent coming back! [Kamla] I ent coming back, oh gad!
[Kamla] You start the attack! You was glad to get this monkey off of your back?
[Kamla] Gyul, not me at all! Uh-uhm. [Kamla] Gyul, not me at all!
[Kamla] Gyul, not me at all!
I 'fraid Suruj and Moonilal... Moonilal Coonilal.

[Come home! Come home! Come home!]
Oh gad, allyuh go send man crazy
I say today is today. Yesterday was yesterday
Give me a chance nah! Hmm!
[Come home! Come home! Come home!]
Hey! Huh!

Source: The lyrics posted on this blog are often transcribed directly from performances. Although it is my intention to faithfully transcribe I do not get all the words and I have a knack for hearing the wrong thing. Please feel free to correct me or to fill in the words that I miss by dropping me a message via e-mail. I'd be forever grateful. Thanks in advance! ..............................................................................................................................



A Note From The Gull


Thank you, Queen Victoria. Smoooooth like butter.

"Patria est communis omnium parens" - Our native land is the common parent of us all. Keep it beautiful, make it even more so.

Blessed is all of creation
Blessed be my beautiful people
Blessed be the day of our awakening
Blessed is my country
Blessed are her patient hills.

Mweh ka allay!
Guanaguanare