Intro-The Legend of Norman Paperman/Kinja

Kinja was the name of the
Island when it was British
The actual name was King
George The Third Island
But the islanders shortened that to
Kinja now the name
In the maps and the guidebooks is Amerigo
But everybody who still lives there still
Calls it Kinja the United
States acquired the island peaceably in 1940
As part of the shuffling of
Old destroyers and Caribbean real estate that
Went on between Mr roosevelt
And Mr churchill the details of the
Transaction were and are vague to
The inhabitants the West Indian is
Not exactly hostile to change
But he's not much inclined to believe in
It meantime in a fashion Amerigo
Is getting Americanized the inflow of cash
Is making everyone more prosperous most
Kinjans go along cheerily with this explosion
Of American energy in the Caribbean
To them it seems like a new
Harmless and apparently endless Carnival

Have you ever dreamed of
Escaping from your dull
Existence to a new life on a
Tropical island? Our story is about a man
Who did it - a real person
Whose true adventure has become a
Legend here in the Caribbean
Welcome one and all to THE
Legend of norman paperman

Dis is the legend of Norman Papuhman
Tale from the islands we'll share
Chasin illusions can get quite confusin'
Is it a dream or a nightmare

Dis is the legend of Norman Papuhman
Tale from the islands we'll tell

Chasin illusions can get quite confusin'
Cause heaven can turn into hell

Kinja's the name of the island
It's been Kinja for over two hundred years
But remember paradise
Doesn't come without a price
Let me make that abundantly clear
Kinja, our beautiful island
In a windward archipeligo
We've been English, French and Dutch
Never seemed to matter much
Now we're officially Amerigo

We're Kinja still Kinja
Our Kinja

(Sheila, chef at the Gull Reef Club)

Our ancestors came in the slave ships
To work for the privileged few
Who wore Paris fashions
And lived in pink mansions
While we huddled in shacks of bamboo
Den da sugar beet bring us our freedom
With the help of our God we got through
Insurrection, beheadin's
Funerals and weddin's
Hurricanes and a World War or Two

Hurricanes and a World War or Two
We're Kinja still Kinja
Our Kinja we're Kinja
Still Kinja our Kinja

(Gilbert, gondolier of the Gull Reef Club)

Mr churchill had to get some destroyers
To put old hitler six feet below
FDR he pulled a nifty
Got our island for just fifty
And do limeys dey pack up and go
We dance through the streets in celebration
Da fireworks dey light up da sky
We got hotdogs and highways
Got Fords and Chevrolets
Not to mention the Forth of July

Not to mention the Forth of July we're Kinja
Still Kinja our Kinja
We're Kinja still Kinja
Our Kinja

(Senator Pullman, the island's big enchilada)

Now the Yankees, they come wid der dollars
It's a beehive of activity
Sell dem crawfish and rum
Keep dem dizzy and numb
Oh we're liken' this prosperity
We got new holidays for celebration
We got new laws, but no one complies
We got crawfish and mangos
Calypso and tangos
Ahhh, but we short on our watah supply

Mighty short on our watah supply
We got the Carnival we love the Carnival
The Kinja Carnival carnival
We got the Carnival don't Stop The Carnival
We love the Carnival and our story begins
Dis is da legend of Norman Papuhman
Tale from de tropics we'll tell
Chasin illusions can get quite confusin'
Cause heaven can turn into hell!
The legend of - NORMAN PAPERMAN