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"Dear Mr. President" New Song by Pink (w/ the Indigo Girls)
Sorry if this has already been posted. I heard a bit of this on Stephanie Miller this morning, and was blown away. If you have a chance to listen to it somewhere, please do! It's very powerful.

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


http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/pink/dearmrpresident.htm...

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   Great song! Here's a link to hear it:  PA Democrat   Apr-10-06 09:05 PM   #1 
   Thanks for posting the audio link!  Island Blue   Apr-10-06 10:09 PM   #13 
   Thank you. That's a wonderful recording.  Jack Rabbit   Apr-10-06 11:00 PM   #15 
   Heard it on Stephanie Millers show as well  Bluzmann57   Apr-10-06 09:07 PM   #2 
   Good for Steph!  Tigress DEM   Apr-11-06 12:34 AM   #20 
   well done!  Evergreen Emerald   Apr-10-06 09:07 PM   #3 
   Holy crap  libnnc   Apr-10-06 09:12 PM   #4 
   Yeah, it's on "I'm Not Dead" n/t  PA Democrat   Apr-10-06 09:15 PM   #5 
   Wow! Wow! Wow!  goclark   Apr-10-06 09:23 PM   #6 
   is this getting played on the radio anywhere?  libnnc   Apr-10-06 09:26 PM   #7 
   I have played it 20 times and still it gets me.  Botany   Apr-10-06 09:34 PM   #8 
   I'm in tears  greenman3610   Apr-10-06 09:41 PM   #9 
   Suffice it to say...  chastitybeaverhausen   Apr-10-06 09:42 PM   #10 
   Simply breathtaking......  MadMaddie   Apr-10-06 09:43 PM   #11 
   Awesome song!  SCRUBDASHRUB   Apr-10-06 09:50 PM   #12 
   Yes It Is !!! - K & R !!!  WillyT   Apr-10-06 10:11 PM   #14 
   I bought this song today on iTunes--  stillrockin   Apr-10-06 11:12 PM   #16 
   WOW  Triana   Apr-10-06 11:16 PM   #17 
   I printed out those lyrics  zidzi   Apr-10-06 11:19 PM   #18 
   I stuck headphones on my kids (9+11) yesterday w/ this song.....  alittlelark   Apr-11-06 12:27 AM   #19 
   So I am wondering if the bush twins have heard this song and what  Blue State Native   Apr-11-06 12:36 AM   #21 
   Wow, wow, wow. What a song!  SeattleGirl   Apr-11-06 12:38 AM   #22 
   It's good! nt.  Blue State Native   Apr-11-06 12:39 AM   #23 
   "You've come a long way from whiskey and cocaine."  RUMMYisFROSTED   Apr-11-06 12:40 AM   #24 
   Love that line! That should piss off **.  Blue State Native   Apr-11-06 12:42 AM   #25 
      Funny.  RUMMYisFROSTED   Apr-11-06 12:45 AM   #26 
         Indeed! Pink better get out her flak jacket! Babs unleashed!  Blue State Native   Apr-11-06 12:47 AM   #27 
   love it. K&N  katinmn   Apr-11-06 08:23 AM   #28 
   My hat is off to Lady Pink...  Imagevision   Apr-11-06 09:10 AM   #29 
   Wow - just fantastic!  PleadTheFirst   Apr-11-06 03:20 PM   #30 
   Thanks for posting the lyrics  Joey Liberal   Apr-11-06 07:23 PM   #31 
 
PA Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Apr-10-06 09:05 PM
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1. Great song! Here's a link to hear it:
http://www.bolt.com/PinksPage/audio/566192?cn=SET_9680_... \'m%20Not%20Dead_PinksPage_audio_large_PAGE1
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Island Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Apr-10-06 10:09 PM
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13. Thanks for posting the audio link!
I think this one is destined to be a lefty classic.
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Jack Rabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Apr-10-06 11:00 PM
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15. Thank you. That's a wonderful recording.
When he leaves the Washington in disgrace and when he arrives in The Hague for his trial, it can be to a musical accompaniment.
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Bluzmann57 Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Apr-10-06 09:07 PM
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2. Heard it on Stephanie Millers show as well
And you are correct. It is an amazing song. And I'm friggin' old and normally don't listen to a lot of that type of music. But Indigo Girls are ok.
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Apr-11-06 12:34 AM
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20. Good for Steph!
Pink is the lead - the album is I Ain't Dead Yet. Bought it.
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Evergreen Emerald (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Apr-10-06 09:07 PM
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3. well done!
It is profound and moving and speaks the truth.
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libnnc (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Apr-10-06 09:12 PM
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4. Holy crap
I'm speechless. Is this on her new CD?
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PA Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Apr-10-06 09:15 PM
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5. Yeah, it's on "I'm Not Dead" n/t
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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Mon Apr-10-06 09:23 PM
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6. Wow! Wow! Wow!

That should be a hit!


It is easy for everyone to understand, the lyrics are like something out of the Civil Rights Struggle in the 60's.

It is a Marching Song and a Thinking Song.

I love it~
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libnnc (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Apr-10-06 09:26 PM
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7. is this getting played on the radio anywhere?
I just listened to it again. Wow. :cry:
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Mon Apr-10-06 09:34 PM
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8. I have played it 20 times and still it gets me.
Edited on Mon Apr-10-06 09:44 PM by Botany
It is John Lennon's Imagine, Bowie's Changes, Woody Guthrie's This Land is Your Land,
Or We Shall Overcome.

"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"
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greenman3610 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Apr-10-06 09:41 PM
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9. I'm in tears
Edited on Mon Apr-10-06 09:43 PM by greenman3610
I sent this off to everyone I know.
How do we get it on the radio?
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chastitybeaverhausen (37 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Apr-10-06 09:42 PM
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10. Suffice it to say...
Pink won't be invited to perform at the next Republican National Convention. The 2004 Convention had such international luminaries as:

Michael W. Smith
Daniel Rodriguez
Daize Shayne
Ron Silver
Gatlin Brothers
Elizabeth Hasselbeck
Sara Evans
Dana Glover

All well known heavy hitters, don't you agree?
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MadMaddie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Mon Apr-10-06 09:43 PM
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11. Simply breathtaking......
The combination of Pink and the Indigo Girls.....Wow...the lyrics are simple but powerful.....

I am going to buy the CD....

If you haven't had a chance to see the Indigo girls in concert....( I have seen them twice)they have such an amazing sound...acoustic and their amazing voices.....

Pink is coming into her own.....
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SCRUBDASHRUB Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Apr-10-06 09:50 PM
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12. Awesome song!
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Apr-10-06 10:11 PM
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14. Yes It Is !!! - K & R !!!
:kick:
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stillrockin (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Apr-10-06 11:12 PM
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16. I bought this song today on iTunes--
It's a great song--I love the mantra of "hard work".

:cry:
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Triana Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Mon Apr-10-06 11:16 PM
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17. WOW
That's all I can say.

Passing this along...
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Mon Apr-10-06 11:19 PM
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18. I printed out those lyrics
to Pink's song, featuring the Indigo Girls, and gave them to my friend at work today.
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alittlelark Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Apr-11-06 12:27 AM
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19. I stuck headphones on my kids (9+11) yesterday w/ this song.....
My older daughter did some really interesting art. My son was agitated and keeps asking questions. They understood the * issue.... their issues seem to be in the effects that * has had on others.

At their ages they are able to understand a good deal.

We have yet to have any effect (upper middle class) - no friends have been damaged either.



That's the way the BFEE wants it. PPl in our bracket keep them in power.

:cry:
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Tue Apr-11-06 12:36 AM
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21. So I am wondering if the bush twins have heard this song and what
they might think of it? Are they proud?
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Tue Apr-11-06 12:38 AM
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22. Wow, wow, wow. What a song!
Her voice and the simple guitar work really add to the impact of the words of the song. Just. Wow.
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Tue Apr-11-06 12:39 AM
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23. It's good! nt.
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Apr-11-06 12:40 AM
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24. "You've come a long way from whiskey and cocaine."
That's going to leave a mark.
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Tue Apr-11-06 12:42 AM
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25. Love that line! That should piss off **.
:evilgrin: That and "Were you lonely boy, are you a lonely boy?" Actually that might piss off Babs. :evilgrin:
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Apr-11-06 12:45 AM
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26. Funny.
I thought the same same thing about the "lonely boy" shot.

Ouch!
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Tue Apr-11-06 12:47 AM
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27. Indeed! Pink better get out her flak jacket! Babs unleashed!
:evilgrin:
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katinmn (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Apr-11-06 08:23 AM
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28. love it. K&N
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Apr-11-06 09:10 AM
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29. My hat is off to Lady Pink...
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PleadTheFirst (451 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Apr-11-06 03:20 PM
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30. Wow - just fantastic!
Thanks for posting this!
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31. Thanks for posting the lyrics
I couldn't open the link, but I think I'm a Pink fan now.
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