Wallia's Anthem

Every story needs a theme song. Polgate: Wallia's Toothpaste Squeeze uses a fictional country's dental crisis to mirror aspects of our current financial meltdown. The story lies beneath this musical spoof. Wallia is the country in crisis.

Wallia
(sung to Ah! Leah! By Donnie Iris from his Back on the Streets album)

Yeah, it's been a long, long time.
Cheap credit, you're lookin' better than a rate has a right to.
Don't you know we're playin' with the fire?
But we can't stop this borrowin' desire, Wallia!

Wa-llia! Here we go again!
Wa-llia! Is it ever gonna end?
Wa-llia! Here we go again!
Like 1929!

I see your lipstick and I wonder what's underneath them.
I never knew how much they favored bacon ham.
We both know we're never going to make it,
but when we fudge, we never have to take it, Responsibility!

Wa-llia! Here we go again!
Wa-llia! Is it ever gonna end?
Wa-llia! Here we go again!
Wa-llia! We ain't learned our lesson yet!

Regulation’s no good. We're just askin' for trouble.
I can save them, but I don't know how to untax you
It ain't no use! We'er headed for disaster.
Our minds said, "No!" But lobbyists are talkin' faster, Wallia!

Wa-llia! Here we go again!
Wa-llia! Here we go again!
Wa-llia! Save me, save me, save me!
Wa-llia! Here we go again!
Wa-llia! Save me, save me, save me!
Wa-llia! We're never, ever, ever gonna make it yeah!
Wa-lliiiiiiaaaaaa!
1929, Here we go again!