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AnnieBW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-06-06 09:54 PM
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"Dear Mr. President" by Pink
I admit, I like Pink. She's got cojones, even if she is a girl. :D I was just out on Napster and found her latest album, "I'm Not Dead". One of the tracks is called "Dear Mr. President". It RIPS on * and the Repugs.

PINK (f/ Indigo Girls) LYRICS

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
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medeak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-06-06 09:55 PM
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1. listen here
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AX10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-06-06 09:56 PM
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2. K&R
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-06-06 10:00 PM
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3. And Again !!!
:kick:
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-06-06 10:01 PM
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4. listened to it the other day - made me cry - K & R
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-06-06 10:04 PM
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5. I like her too...
Here's another: "World That He Wants" by Jamiroquai, off the latest CD "Dynamite.":

Why does this man
Defy the storm and burn us all
Each time his hand waves
The sun it sets on lonely graves
Haven't we read this page before
We're gonna lose the war
Put down the glory flag
Nothing will be the same

This is the world he wants
Pray for the brave and the young
It won't bring them back again

Stillness you know that it reigns supreme
And suffocates our only dream
No birds can sing here
They've flown away
They didn't even say
When they'd be back again

Will they come back again
Unleash the hounds of hell
Whip up the fury wind
Hidden inside his dome

This is the world he wants
Pray for the brave and the young
He knows they're not coming home
Now do you ever, ever get the feeling
Ever get the feeling
This is the world that he wants
Do you ever get the feeling
Ever get the feeling
This is the world that he wants
This is the world he wants
This is the world he wants
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