Powerful song by Pink: Dear Mr President

[TexanDem]

http://www.bolt.com/PinksPage/audio/566192>

http://www.bolt.com/PinksPage/audio/566192

[DanCa]

1. Kewl I guess George Bush is in Trouble now.

Welcome to DU Texan Dem :hi:

[blue sky at night]

2. Wish I could hear it........

your link is not working, always test it in the preview screen.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

3. Works fine for me. No problems....excellent song.

[TexanDem]

4. so sorry - edited and put URL -- it works now.

[helderheid]

5. I'm having that problem too

[TexanDem]

7. Click the link on the bottom...or here it is again...

http://www.bolt.com/PinksPage/audio/566192

tested and working -- sorry for the screw up.

[helderheid]

9. no worries - you see I got it to work. DAYUM. This is wonderful and

heartwrenching.

[helderheid]

6. Goddamn - crying

[politicasista]

8. Very powerful. Thanks n/t

[VPStoltz]

10. And I thought she was just a party girl. This is wonderful!

[helderheid]

11. I CANNOT BELIEVE this has only 1 recommend (mine)

[CoffeeCat]

13. Now Two...(nt)

[glitch]

27. Now 15. K & R nt

[CoffeeCat]

12. amazing...

so sad.

most of the time, I'm angry about everything that's happened.

It's easier to be angry.

The song taps into the loss that's underneath the anger--and the fear I have for what's left of my young childrens' futures.

:(

[rusty charly]

14. "Dear Mr. President"

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...

[helderheid]

15. THANK YOU

[Hekate]

23. Goosebumps!

Thanks for posting the lyrics, Rusty
and a big thank you to Pink for proving that protest music is alive and well!

Hekate

[Breeze54]

16. K & R'd!! She was featured on...

NBC Good Morning America?? I think it was NBC.
Very cool!!
She's a hotshit!!
:thumbsup:

:kick:

[Zookeeper]

17. Damn! Good job, Pink!

I like the fact that the lyrics are very clear, unlike "American Idiot." No pretend-punk in this song.

[medeak]

18. sent song "stupid girls" to friends with teenage girls

now I know how truly smart she is. Thank you so much for sharing...it made me cry.

Thank gawd there is someone still with a mind in the entertainment business.

This needs to be DU's anthem!

[medeak]

19. k & r

[Nomad559]

20. K & R

:thumbsup:

[medeak]

21. Pink on Oprah, Regis ect next week:

P!nk is scheduled to appear on the following TV Shows this April:

Sunday 9th April - Dateline with Matt Lauer
Monday 10th April - Oprah
Tuesday 11th April - Regis and Kelly
Tuesday 11th April - Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Friday 14th April - Ellen de Generes

[rucky]

22. She's not like the other one-named Divas.

Even when she just had a couple of club hits under her belt, I always thought her edgy image seemed authentic.

and I am a ruthless indie music snob.

[skids]

24. If Linda Perry is involved in it...

...the artist is for real.

[KyuzoGator]

25. "You've come a long way from whiskey and cocaine."

Shot across the bow...fantastic.

[lildreamer316]

26. KICK. That's my GIRL.

she is the shizznit!