Lyric discussion by jimquk 

Cover art for Banana Republic lyrics by Boomtown Rats, The

It's about Ireland before the country opened up and the economy took off - repressive, faction-ridden (forty shades of green), plagued with violence frm the North, corrupt.

@jimquk Still no different when you dig down. "Lipstick on a Pig" Still the black and blue uniforms. Violence whether from the North, South, East, or West, is pretty much all the same. Corruption has been in existence since the Greek and Roman empires and will continue until the end of the world.