If a song could be president
As mentioned before, Over the Rhine released their newest album today. I've been enjoying my freshly downloaded version from iTunes this morning. One song in particular caught my attention, especially in light of this blog's title. Speaking of which, you'll notice to the right that I've added a daily Bill Clinton quote feature as a well as a countdown ticker to the 2009 inauguration day, which, of course, will feature Our Hero's return to the White House as First Man. Despite my reservations about Hilary, I'm finding that the only interesting thing about the 2008 election for me, so far, is getting Bill back in the West Wing. All in fun!
Here are the lyrics for that song I was mentioning (listen here):
If A Song Could Be President
If a song could be president
We’d hum on Election Day
The gospel choir would start to sway
And we’d all have a part to play
The first lady would free her hips
Pull a microphone to her lips
Break our hearts with Rhythm and Blues
Steve Earle would anchor the news
We’d vote for a melody
Pass it around on an MP3
All our best foreign policy
Would be built on harmony
If a song could be president
We’d fly a jukebox to the moon
All our founding fathers’ 45’s
Lightnin’ Hopkins and Patsy Cline
If a song could be president
If a song could be president
We could all add another verse
Life would teach us to rehearse
Till we found a key change
Break out of this minor key
Half-truths and hypocrisy
We wouldn’t need an underachiever-in-chief
If a song could be president
We’d make Neil Young a Senator
Even though he came from Canada
Emmylou would be Ambassador
World leaders would listen to her
They would show us where our country went wrong
Strum their guitars on the White House lawn
John Prine would run the FBI
All the criminals would laugh and cry
If a song could be president