Dear Mr President    (Listen to sample)

 

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1.       Dear Mr. President,         come take a walk with me,

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    let's pretend     we're just two people and     you're not better than me.

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    I'd like to        ask you some questions, if we can       speak honestly.

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    What do you feel when you see all the homeless on the street?

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    Who do you pray for at night before you go to sleep?

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    What do you feel when you look in the mirror?        Are you proud?

 

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    How do you sleep while the rest of us cry?

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    How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye?

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    How do you walk with your head held high?

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    Can you even look me in the eye?        And tell me why !

 

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2.      Dear Mr. President,          were you a lonely boy?

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    Are you a lonely boy?  Are you a lonely boy?        

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    How can you say :        “No child is left behind !”

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    We're not dumb and we're not blind.

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    They're all sitting in your cells,      while you pave the road to hell.

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    What kind of father would take his own daughter's rights away?

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    And what kind of father might hate his own daughter if she were gay?

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    I can only imagine what the First Lady has to say?

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     You've come a long way from whiskey and cocaine !

 

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    How do you sleep while the rest of us cry?

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    How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye?

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    How do you walk with your head held high?

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    Can you even look me in the eye?     

 

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    Let me tell you ‘bout hard work,

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    minimum wage with a baby on the way.

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    Let me tell you ‘bout hard work,

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    rebuilding your houses after the bombs took them away.

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    Let me tell you ‘bout hard work,

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    building a bed out of a card board box.

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    Let me tell you ‘bout hard work, hard work, hard work !

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    You don't know nothing ‘bout hard work,

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    hard work, hard work,        oh !

 

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    How do you sleep at night?

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    How do you walk with your head held high?

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    Dear Mr. President,           you'd never take a walk with me,

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              would you?

 

(orig. = capo 3rd)    (Pink & Indigo Girls)