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Thread #115919 Message #2486512
Posted By: Amos
06-Nov-08 - 09:19 AM
Thread Name: A Song for Obama?
Subject: RE: A Song for Obama?
words, melody Peggy Seeger©Peggy Seeger 2008
administered by Harmony Music Ltd.
A light, jazzy, rag tune
Obama is the one for me
Listen up - and you'll agree.
Some say he began too late
But just watch him accelerate
Obama is the one for me
Got the youth and energy
Knows the ropes, how to steer
States the issues loud and clear
Chorus:
CAN HE WIN? YES HE CAN
He's a member of the team
AND a one-man band
OBAMA IS THE ONE FOR ME
Obama is the one for me,
Ask the birds, ask the bees
He won't rest upon his tush
He's a tree, not a Bush
Obama is the one for me.
If it's locked, he's got a key
A cup of coffee in a time of need
He's down to earth and up to speed
Chorus:
CAN HE WIN? YES HE CAN
He's a member of the team
AND a one-man band
OBAMA IS THE ONE FOR ME
Some folks wanted somebody else, somebody else
And Hilary she took it like a woman
She said
Obama is the one for you
For us, for me, for the whole county
If anybody can Obama can
Get the USA out of the quicksand
Chorus:
CAN WE WIN? YES HE CAN
He's a member of the team
AND a one-man band
OBAMA IS THE ONE FOR ME
Notes
Many thanks to Peggy Seeger for permission to add this song to the Union Songs collection.
Peggy writes:
'It is intended to help Obama's campaign for the presidency. The song is light, a bit over-idealistic and expresses my preference for the the person I feel is the best of the only two candidates that are running for the office. I don't normally push my political preferences via e.mail - so if you are absolutely against even hearing it, just delete the whole e.mail (although you might find yourself singing along with it: it's kind of catchy).
vocals: Peggy Seeger (lead) and Cathy Fink (harmonies)
arrangment: Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer and Peggy Seeger
all instruments played by Marcy Marxer