I came to an island
Everybody was smilin'
They wanted to trade their loin cloths
For my sunglasses
I didn't wanna trade
So I put them in chains
And sold them into slavery
To the middle classes
I was only trying to subsidize my suntan
And another race learns too late to hate the white man
I encountered some natives
Hoeing potatoes
And indicated I could help
With distribution
I spoke with their chief
Who was filled with relief
To be trading tubers
For munitions
We smoked the pipe and I shook his hand
And another race learns too late to hate the white man
I stumbled in to Eden
But the serpent had beat me
So I skinned him and climbed inside
But when it all finished
I had still on my wish list
Exemption from the cruel touch of time
I was only trying to lend a helping hand
And another race learns too late to hate the white man
I found a feast
They'd brought down the beast
And made it ready for consumption
The food was delicious
But I was suspicious
It tasted too familiar
Perhaps I'll learn to fast
And another race learns to taste the white man
