Dear Mr. President

celinedeng

http://youtube.com/v/6DEh0eSpNvY
2 c% Z; e3 J9 E% OPINK LYRICS

" w- ?6 B3 Z7 S) F0 R"Dear Mr. President"
(feat. Indigo Girls)
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* ]1 G$ B2 K, z8 IDear Mr. President,
1 l; f. c$ Q3 J! I( dCome take a walk with me.
Let's pretend we're just two people and
You're not better than me.
  A" Z+ u1 @: v( K. x1 s: HI'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?
. y0 D4 M0 c. L' XWho do you pray for at night before you go to sleep?
What do you feel when you look in the mirror?
Are you proud?
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/ b% u9 |# M" G8 I1 a6 _$ y  A5 nHow 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
& O, x+ g7 ^* w* TAnd tell me why?

/ \9 C+ P, T+ h, K# a) \5 TDear Mr. President,
Were you a lonely boy?
Are you a lonely boy?
Are you a lonely boy?
+ e  m9 `' T- WHow can you say
" g9 W! _. }0 p+ b- D  l$ e5 f3 BNo child is left behind?
We're not dumb and we're not blind.
They're all sitting in your cells
+ B' ~- F, v+ K  Y/ O8 F+ `$ g4 OWhile you pave the road to hell.

# W" w: q, F5 m( j) M/ N2 WWhat 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?
2 ~# j* T' o, R) ~7 [/ TI can only imagine what the first lady has to say
0 k3 ?: q( Q+ t0 E" FYou've come a long way from whiskey and cocaine.

  m6 k, K; z9 A/ G+ {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?
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4 x2 O0 _; k7 p( |" `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
2 B* `' `$ z3 Z8 _8 M; WBuilding a bed out of a cardboard box
Let me tell you 'bout hard work
8 x5 Z0 i  p% j4 `; h2 |Hard work
Hard work
You don't know nothing 'bout hard work
9 Z  L0 H0 g9 D- e+ O0 e# n6 p2 ^Hard work
, J7 p: m! T6 f  THard work
Oh
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7 Y6 s- z+ o& `8 W  q7 iHow do you sleep at night?
5 f3 q7 S: e# B; N- f$ G: o4 WHow do you walk with your head held high?
  s$ @/ J; A" g4 ?Dear Mr. President,
You'd never take a walk with me.
. Z3 h( ^# u" p$ l0 W2 PWould 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 thoughtful song~~~

goldfish

nothing is absolutely right or wrong,especially on politics.

bobic_wang

it is really a moving song,
0 ^$ h6 m) x" a$支持$ $支持$ $支持$

fcyfcy1

impressive... i heard the song several times in last week... but never paid attention to the lyrics...
In fact it's quite good$送花$

goldfish

They dance alone ---Sting

0 Q/ g, X3 w4 X+ H7 qWhy are there women here dancing on their own?
& I: ^" e* ]2 J/ ~* h, iWhy is there this sadness in their eyes?
- X$ y/ Y9 i: TWhy are the soldiers here
Their faces fixed like stone?
I can't see what it is that they dispise
/ F/ I* ~* \8 ]$ r  uThey're dancing with the missing
They're dancing with the dead
They dance with the invisible ones
8 y* i# `; w- f( i6 JTheir anguish is unsaid
1 t$ E4 i6 k- {, H. x! j5 a( [They'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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It's the only form of protest they're allowed
9 s1 j3 z0 @$ w( V2 J# N; SI've seen their silent faces scream so loud
$ K; J) S8 L- k" N  E" Z# GIf they were to speak these words they'd go missing too
$ r$ {9 r; r3 A5 RAnother woman on a torture table what else can they do
They're dancing with the missing
They're dancing with the dead
  ~7 p3 T! e$ o) c/ y; g3 FThey dance with the invisible ones
" P( Y. J' R3 B) z2 `4 hTheir anguish is unsaid
They're dancing with their fathers
They're dancing with their sons
They're dancing with their husbands
They dance alone They dance alone

One day we'll dance on their graves
One day we'll sing our freedom
9 F( R6 e5 }" Y8 P6 r! u  WOne day we'll laugh in our joy
: \, f- i  D9 v1 |; j: F, MAnd we'll dance
One day we'll dance on their graves
One day we'll sing our freedom
% D/ {% m* ^0 L& u; eOne day we'll laugh in our joy
And we'll dance

Ellas danzan con los desaparecidos
Ellas danzan con los muertos
Ellas danzan con amores invisibles
0 y' r2 l. W8 W" c) X0 {Ellas danzan con silenciosa angustia
# n( K% M  |, P+ e& ^Danzan con sus pardres
) t5 j! }; B! ^Danzan con sus hijos
Danzan con sus esposos
& o: u+ x8 _1 s& p1 u0 U$ e9 C* n+ wEllas danzan solas
Danzan solas
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  B% _% w: l! `0 mHey Mr. Pinochet
You've sown a bitter crop
$ k) B1 g3 j3 s' x  yIt's foreign money that supports you
One day the money's going to stop
No wages for your torturers
3 k! Q$ Q9 g' q2 f+ ]: S1 \No budget for your guns
+ U+ |% q  J1 y3 e7 X9 k; cCan you think of your own mother
4 b' t  h0 `$ ~1 T( D& {4 fDancin' 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
$ \& Y% p8 n2 p* UThey're dancing with their fathers
8 e0 a' o, B  y# V1 s4 P/ UThey're dancing with their sons
9 ?5 U" |# b) j' U  m  ]They're dancing with their husbands
They dance alone
They 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!!