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ADD/Origins: Dear Mr. President (Pink)

11 Apr 07 - 09:26 PM (#2022765)
Subject: ADD/Origins: Dear Mr. President (Pink)
From: Joe Offer

My septuagenarian folkie friend Mrs. Lev sent me a YouTube link to Pink and the Indigo Girls performing a song called "Dear Mr. President." I can't get YouTube on my dialup connection and I know nothing about Pink, but I did find the lyrics at
    http://www.lyricsandsongs.com/song/651512.html
Can anybody tell us more about the song? - songwriter name, correct lyrics, comments?
-Joe-

watch video

Here are the lyrics I found at lyricsandsongs.com:

Dear Mr. President
(songwriter?)

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 pay 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


11 Apr 07 - 09:36 PM (#2022774)
Subject: RE: ADD/Origins: Dear Mr. President (Pink)
From: Mrrzy

Ooh, good one! Details?


11 Apr 07 - 09:51 PM (#2022788)
Subject: RE: ADD/Origins: Dear Mr. President (Pink)
From: Sorcha

Very good one.


11 Apr 07 - 11:46 PM (#2022849)
Subject: RE: ADD/Origins: Dear Mr. President (Pink)
From: Q (Frank Staplin)

Pink.
Album- "I'm Not Dead," 2006, La Face label
Amazon, sale price $11.99


12 Apr 07 - 05:24 PM (#2023568)
Subject: RE: ADD/Origins: Dear Mr. President (Pink)
From: oldhippie

Pink wrote it.


12 Apr 07 - 05:28 PM (#2023576)
Subject: RE: ADD/Origins: Dear Mr. President (Pink)
From: oldhippie

Another good one.


Paula Cole - "My Hero, Mr. President"

Yea, Yea Yea, Yea, Yea Well hello there, blue blooded boy Your bed is lined with dollars I bet you're cumming oil I love the way you take control and push the world around United Nations- Ha,ha No one can keep you down Daddy's little helper, silver foot in your mouth Policeman of the world gonna start another war Connecticut yankee in a cowboy hat You're my hero, Mr. president Remember the elections for the presidency No matter the call of the majority Your cousin married Fox TV, he declared you were the one Your brother came through with his promise he'd get Florida (Chorus) Now what you gonna do about our economy You spend three trillion dollars in a heartbeat Now what about us folks who live hand to mouth We can't afford our lives, and we're working three jobs (chorus) Now Don't you want your grand children to see the colorado river? You're kissing so much corporate ass that You're selling away our future We can all wear our geo-thermal suits and toast to you 'W' Now wiping out the terrorists, that's fine by me But please don't erode our civil liberties The America we fight for and hold so dear Includes a woman's right to choose Freedom of religion, freedom of assembly And free speech like the song I'm singing here (chorus) Daddy's little helper, silver spoon in your mouth The Policeman of the world gonna kick Hussein's butt Connecticut yankee in a cowboy hat You're my hero, Mr. President You're my hero, Mr. President


12 Apr 07 - 06:03 PM (#2023607)
Subject: RE: ADD/Origins: Dear Mr. President (Pink)
From: Grab

Probably "pave the road" rather than "pay".

Doubtless there'll be comments that this isn't folk. But if it isn't, nor is "It's all right Ma, I'm only bleeding".

Initially I thought Pink was just another punk grrl selling an attitude. She's still selling the attitude, but it does seem to be a personality rather than a persona so it's not just a put-on image, and the songs are getting better. Still not instant classics, but this one is worth knowing about, and it looks like she's got potential.

Graham.