Dear Mr. President

celinedeng

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PINK LYRICS

"Dear Mr. President"
(feat. Indigo Girls)

. O1 y: A) c( s: c4 s- w6 N$ H) `Dear Mr. President,
Come take a walk with me.
Let's pretend we're just two people and
3 y* C; U9 F- A& d1 Y% lYou're not better than me.
* G3 b  p4 X% f+ d, e$ s* V* @I'd like to ask you some questions if we can speak honestly.

7 @( @  k( K! d* a: e, C, BWhat do you feel when you see all the homeless on the street?
Who do you pray for at night before you go to sleep?
9 w3 i( f* C5 @$ D( T& RWhat do you feel when you look in the mirror?
( Y3 g" w$ E6 @Are you proud?

' i" n2 ^2 w. C: \How do you sleep while the rest of us cry?
How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye?
6 k/ V0 {( H9 g; \6 ^8 o, OHow 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?
: Q. |8 I: \) \4 D) @Are you a lonely boy?
% V. p% x6 t4 b5 x" q5 yHow can you say
No child is left behind?
We're not dumb and we're not blind.
% r" I. ~' b' u4 ^+ {! tThey're all sitting in your cells
While you pave the road to hell.

What kind of father would take his own daughter's rights away?
3 v) k: O& b4 X: ^8 A: D* V( KAnd what kind of father might hate his own daughter if she were gay?
I can only imagine what the first lady has to say
0 _; `8 u  `- t2 d2 I9 }You've come a long way from whiskey and cocaine.
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( U1 z$ l: I0 T( m3 T, g: OHow do you sleep while the rest of us cry?
How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye?
+ c' f. W6 [! T1 P) ZHow do you walk with your head held high?
1 C1 q! ]$ K7 ?4 U- A6 E* c3 gCan you even look me in the eye?
5 g( f; m3 ]* C' ?
; Y. V: |2 D$ Q% K5 gLet 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
/ M! ?5 h# e: J, u3 a+ a, u7 V' jYou don't know nothing 'bout hard work
Hard work
' l, ]7 [4 l& Z. IHard work
Oh

7 _! G% ]# ~9 g: nHow do you sleep at night?
- k5 T3 L+ y6 m8 y) zHow do you walk with your head held high?
Dear Mr. President,
You'd never take a walk with me.
3 O  r* W; c2 D" l  P% kWould you?
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[ 本帖最后由 celinedeng 于 2007-7-7 21:03 编辑 ]

alicia_83

The singer is so cool!
, a' m% r& q+ H+ EA thoughtful song~~~

goldfish

nothing is absolutely right or wrong,especially on politics.

bobic_wang

it is really a moving song,
* Y4 p, i0 M5 @( N$支持$ $支持$ $支持$

fcyfcy1

impressive... i heard the song several times in last week... but never paid attention to the lyrics...
5 f' I' c1 Q% e+ p& S3 JIn fact it's quite good$送花$

goldfish

They dance alone ---Sting
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8 x7 l' y& N; u  C, u9 xWhy are there women here dancing on their own?
8 C  }: z8 D! p& QWhy is there this sadness in their eyes?
( c, ?1 \3 ^/ C) c, ZWhy are the soldiers here
Their faces fixed like stone?
I can't see what it is that they dispise
+ N$ L6 `$ T, @+ N4 @0 n, b4 y! }They're dancing with the missing
, k1 j+ N( ^$ P( }They're dancing with the dead
They dance with the invisible ones
Their anguish is unsaid
- k) w7 `1 P; X3 SThey're dancing with their fathers
They're dancing with their sons
They're dancing with their husbands
They dance alone They dance alone
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: k8 y9 S2 D+ {  P, @' A/ LIt's the only form of protest they're allowed
I've seen their silent faces scream so loud
If they were to speak these words they'd go missing too
Another woman on a torture table what else can they do
They're dancing with the missing
They're dancing with the dead
+ _1 O$ K3 U5 w; l$ r, I) bThey dance with the invisible ones
# I, Q0 C- ]0 a4 z3 `7 s7 z) ATheir anguish is unsaid
They're dancing with their fathers
3 E1 J" i' E1 QThey're dancing with their sons
. {$ O9 Y0 A3 o. D/ S5 J- }# hThey're dancing with their husbands
They dance alone They dance alone

4 ]7 x$ f- L7 V! LOne day we'll dance on their graves
One day we'll sing our freedom
+ d; B& ?* [6 {0 zOne day we'll laugh in our joy
+ E1 I4 b2 U" f8 y: c' XAnd we'll dance
One day we'll dance on their graves
One day we'll sing our freedom
; `% p/ J9 v, eOne day we'll laugh in our joy
2 h0 [( _, O6 Z. K/ e' }And we'll dance

Ellas danzan con los desaparecidos
, a  R  d* N2 l+ V/ k& eEllas danzan con los muertos
Ellas danzan con amores invisibles
Ellas danzan con silenciosa angustia
Danzan con sus pardres
Danzan con sus hijos
. @( @7 h) e+ p- P9 X, J# k7 MDanzan con sus esposos
% v2 n( x4 z# t7 q" lEllas danzan solas
7 K) i; ]2 ]3 e9 W3 R- O! m, QDanzan solas
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8 \9 g  s3 {. R$ u/ VHey Mr. Pinochet
. m4 w# k' S5 c, SYou've sown a bitter crop
" v9 _$ d8 @& m* PIt's foreign money that supports you
One day the money's going to stop
No wages for your torturers
$ A0 T3 e0 L& O' Y: nNo budget for your guns
3 b9 g# q* n4 z$ y( }$ C* F: [Can you think of your own mother
/ R& ]3 J* u  ^  f5 E2 fDancin' with her invisible son
* S- \0 y8 v  E* d& PThey're dancing with the missing
They're dancing with the dead
9 S4 Y% q0 p* E. IThey dance with the invisible ones
( j, V6 l* K! iThey're anguish is unsaid
9 D2 @( e5 ?1 f. aThey're dancing with their fathers
They're dancing with their sons
& ~5 y) u; a4 J) XThey're dancing with their husbands
They dance alone
/ M1 X7 b# f& Q7 _8 NThey dance alone

goldfish

Those two songs go the same way, unlike our singers, foreign singers, however, are singing not only on romance,but on many serious topics like  politics and  enviroment.
seems what our vanity fair  merely care is money, what a simple life they are leading!!