Isnt it funny when you listen to oldd favourites sometime you think, this song is timeless, it could have been written today and still be relevant? The following lyrics are by one of my favourite bands (the now disbanded Midnight Oil), and to me, are as relevant today as the day they were written.

Conquistador of mexico, the zulu and the navaho
The belgians in the congo short memory
Plantation in virginia, the raj in british india
The deadline in south africa short memory
The story of el salvador, the silence of hiroshima
Destruction of cambodia short memory

Short memory, must have a, short memory

The sight of hotels by the nile, the designated hilton style
With running water specially bought short memory
A smallish man afghanistan, a watch dog in a nervous land
Theyre only there to lend a hand short memory
Wake up in sweat at dead of night
And in the tents new rifles hey short memory

If you read the history books youll see the same things happen again and again
Repeat repeat short memory theyve all got it
When are we going to play it again
Got a short, got a short, got a short, got a short
Theyve got a short must have a short theyve got a short aah
Short memory, theyve got a.

(hirst/moginie/garrett)