Now Playing - Dear Mr. DeVos
November 3rd, 2006 | by christine |  |
Now Playing - Dear
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Lyrics under the jump.
Dear Mr. President
Come take a walk with me
Let’s pretend we’re just two people and
You’re not better than me
I’d like to ask you some questions if we can speak honestly
What do you feel when you see all the homeless on the street
Who do you pray for at night before you go to sleep
What do you feel when you look in the mirror
Are you proud
How do you sleep while the rest of us cry
How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye
How do you walk with your head held high
Can you even look me in the eye
And tell me why
Dear Mr. President
Were you a lonely boy
Are you a lonely boy
Are you a lonely boy
How can you say
No child is left behind
We’re not dumb and we’re not blind
They’re all sitting in your cells
While you pave the road to hell
What kind of father would take his own daughter’s rights away
And what kind of father might hate his own daughter if she were gay
I can only imagine what the first lady has to say
You’ve come a long way from whiskey and cocaine
How do you sleep while the rest of us cry
How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye
How do you walk with your head held high
Can you even look me in the eye
Let me tell you bout hard work
Minimum wage with a baby on the way
Let me tell you bout hard work
Rebuilding your house after the bombs took them away
Let me tell you bout hard work
Building a bed out of a cardboard box
Let me tell you bout hard work
Hard work
Hard work
You don’t know nothing bout hard work
Hard work
Hard work
Oh
How do you sleep at night
How do you walk with your head held high
Dear Mr. President
You’d never take a walk with me
Would you
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3 Responses to “Now Playing - Dear Mr. DeVos”
By LiberalLucy on Nov 3, 2006 | Reply
Hot damn!!! How have I not heard this song before!?!
Christine, thank you for bringing this into the light a little more. Wow, so powerful!
Now I’m off to share it with the world! More people need to see this!
By christine on Nov 3, 2006 | Reply
I should add that Pink said that the song wasn’t necessarily about Bush, but could be about any President. So when you get to phrases like:
“How can you say
No child is left behind”
and
“You’ve come a long way from whiskey and cocaine”
and
“you don’t know nothin’ about hard work”
well, that could be about Clinton, right?
hehe
By christine on Nov 5, 2006 | Reply
Ugh.
This morning I tried to copy the template from this post to use it on Travelin’ Soldier and I accidentally overwrote this one. I just discovered it (5 hours later). So if any of you came here expecting to see Pink, but found Dixie Chicks instead …. sorry about that.
Just wasn’t paying attention at the time.