Offshore Banking Business / Pennies in the Pound

Bermuda in the Bahamas Front street Hamilton They doin' more than growing bananas They got a tax dodge going on Offshore banking business International crime Offshore banking business Happening all the time Banks and corporations are registered And operating there They don't employ any local staff And I don't know if you are aware One American sitting at a desk With a plaque outside on the wall Huh, you know that's what they call Offshore banking business Some kind of financial thing, yeah Offshore banking business The man with the money He's gonna swing up there from the tree You got some pennies and the pounds Your head's going round With a bunch of figures That your mind can't compound I say as I would say Who wants to know? I would say I wanna know Who's got my money? Who's got my sense? Why is everybody trying to steal my pence? Guy in the city Guy in the news Everybody giving me the financial blues, yeah (I accuse) Who's behind this operation? I'll tell you you what I know (And I know more than the rest) Newspaper barons and oil tycoons Watching their money grow It's not an idle rumour nor no scandal talk All of the profits are washed through Curacao, Panama, New York Offshore banking business You better watch your chin, Jim Offshore banking business IMF never gonna let you in with this Offshore banking business You think it's just money that counts Offshore banking business Well sure gonna come mash up your bank account.