Dear Mr. President

celinedeng

http://youtube.com/v/6DEh0eSpNvY
9 M+ l; w- S! _6 ^PINK LYRICS

( m* o) P2 [2 T"Dear Mr. President"
: g: i6 N# R! f. w" ?(feat. Indigo Girls)

- ?" n# E7 V- {3 g: s& f  YDear Mr. President,
  ~& O3 f' f, i6 o  L4 tCome take a walk with me.
, X( E% w( J) p! Y/ TLet'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?
4 z* J9 D; F" q5 U  UWhat do you feel when you look in the mirror?
; L% M& o" O* e0 o: k! V7 U9 b* u1 K/ wAre you proud?
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' ]! P7 r$ t4 Z7 ~* cHow do you sleep while the rest of us cry?
) f* @/ H: ]* O% bHow do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye?
How do you walk with your head held high?
; q  h! s1 p+ @/ s" H, MCan you even look me in the eye
0 M6 C) {1 t' ~5 `8 l% T/ c- m1 sAnd tell me why?

Dear Mr. President,
Were you a lonely boy?
Are you a lonely boy?
Are you a lonely boy?
  K7 q9 j) S( _  ~; w, zHow can you say
No child is left behind?
We're not dumb and we're not blind.
They're all sitting in your cells
  z% g4 n: @3 n6 d! nWhile you pave the road to hell.
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$ e+ V% Y5 ?3 hWhat 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
5 r1 V2 q# R9 B% D/ y. P9 b+ |You've come a long way from whiskey and cocaine.
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) v, j! K8 W& z" z3 _- iHow do you sleep while the rest of us cry?
How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye?
6 h, N) T7 D9 d) t" O( QHow do you walk with your head held high?
Can you even look me in the eye?

3 ~" y* N0 M. ?" |, k# g+ ?Let me tell you 'bout hard work
2 E0 W9 i3 ?! P: w5 I& XMinimum wage with a baby on the way
' f4 `$ E. i) S' S& c% q2 eLet me tell you 'bout hard work
Rebuilding your house after the bombs took them away
4 q3 ^/ m3 x, S7 q) V. GLet me tell you 'bout hard work
Building a bed out of a cardboard box
Let me tell you 'bout hard work
Hard work
. @& ~5 a( E# f4 H/ UHard work
0 ^6 i4 t4 \* y& _. ZYou don't know nothing 'bout hard work
Hard work
Hard work
. b% W# u: ]+ D. S, G) DOh

How do you sleep at night?
How do you walk with your head held high?
; g' c+ @, N+ ZDear Mr. President,
You'd never take a walk with me.
Would you?

[ 本帖最后由 celinedeng 于 2007-7-7 21:03 编辑 ]

alicia_83

The singer is so cool!
/ w) ~/ e9 P0 Q1 U( w* V. lA thoughtful song~~~

goldfish

nothing is absolutely right or wrong,especially on politics.

bobic_wang

it is really a moving song,
( j- N! ^* C2 w" X+ q$支持$ $支持$ $支持$

fcyfcy1

impressive... i heard the song several times in last week... but never paid attention to the lyrics...
, k  k5 @6 x1 P" e7 h7 y* FIn fact it's quite good$送花$

goldfish

They dance alone ---Sting
8 J  t3 ^7 a/ c% X( ?9 g
Why are there women here dancing on their own?
' Y+ X% g1 f* l! S9 `& h6 B9 d; hWhy is there this sadness in their eyes?
Why are the soldiers here
Their faces fixed like stone?
$ Q. C' S% O" ~( t  G7 II can't see what it is that they dispise
They're dancing with the missing
They're dancing with the dead
They dance with the invisible ones
& ^! A: v  ^5 }% OTheir anguish is unsaid
They're dancing with their fathers
- D0 Q( `# f3 f5 D- K3 oThey're dancing with their sons
They're dancing with their husbands
8 c8 o; C: T9 k& GThey dance alone They dance alone

0 _7 L) F$ L, X& S1 ZIt'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
% S* l2 K- `; V: fThey're dancing with the missing
0 t1 w4 k3 |, t9 t: ?They're dancing with the dead
They dance with the invisible ones
Their anguish is unsaid
5 L' Q1 J: [- r0 yThey're dancing with their fathers
They're dancing with their sons
They're dancing with their husbands
They dance alone They dance alone

# |: q# n5 l8 Y# g" R2 FOne day we'll dance on their graves
One day we'll sing our freedom
One day we'll laugh in our joy
7 _7 N, E% x1 b; F+ VAnd we'll dance
One day we'll dance on their graves
0 i2 g( X, x2 Z" D: t+ ROne day we'll sing our freedom
- u. n- K1 l2 e; NOne day we'll laugh in our joy
And we'll dance

: p8 G: E6 t4 Y: C% cEllas danzan con los desaparecidos
Ellas danzan con los muertos
# p$ O# Z0 c% cEllas danzan con amores invisibles
Ellas danzan con silenciosa angustia
2 C) `6 C% V* v! A$ oDanzan con sus pardres
6 Y* j( Y3 c, ^, o1 iDanzan con sus hijos
Danzan con sus esposos
1 L/ a5 q9 K& S+ O( CEllas danzan solas
& k1 ]7 r2 V1 m/ H6 ~Danzan solas
# v9 s, m6 F3 s( n4 v, s, f
Hey Mr. Pinochet
; j3 C7 b% F" {: H/ TYou've sown a bitter crop
  y' M* }. a2 U9 n4 i; vIt's foreign money that supports you
One day the money's going to stop
- Y6 }$ p5 q- w' eNo wages for your torturers
4 p4 N' m/ O3 |2 hNo budget for your guns
Can you think of your own mother
0 J7 p3 e* x- x' IDancin' with her invisible son
They're dancing with the missing
They're dancing with the dead
They dance with the invisible ones
They're anguish is unsaid
! k( r! }) H% S( T; lThey're dancing with their fathers
5 x6 A) N+ K3 A, y" w$ q. KThey're dancing with their sons
/ P: P9 Q- j6 ]( Y# s1 Q2 a: hThey're dancing with their husbands
They dance alone
3 w" f7 ~$ O$ TThey 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!!