{"id":310,"date":"2006-09-18T09:36:43","date_gmt":"2006-09-18T09:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icemark.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/09\/18\/dear-mr-president\/"},"modified":"2011-03-08T08:46:31","modified_gmt":"2011-03-08T08:46:31","slug":"dear-mr-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icemark.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/09\/18\/dear-mr-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Mr. President"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><strong>Dear Mr. President<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>PINK<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dear Mr. President<br \/>\nCome take a walk with me<br \/>\nLet&#8217;s pretend we&#8217;re just two people and<br \/>\nYou&#8217;re not better than me<br \/>\nI&#8217;d like to ask you some questions if we can speak honestly<\/p>\n<p>What do you feel when you see all the homeless on the street?<br \/>\nWho do you pray for at night before you go to sleep?<br \/>\nWhat do you feel when you look in the mirror?<br \/>\nAre you proud?<\/p>\n<p>How do you sleep while the rest of us cry?<br \/>\nHow do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye?<br \/>\nHow do you walk with your head held high?<br \/>\nCan you even look me in the eye<br \/>\nAnd tell me why?<\/p>\n<p>Dear Mr. President<br \/>\nWere you a lonely boy?<br \/>\nAre you a lonely boy?<br \/>\nAre you a lonely boy?<br \/>\nHow can you say<br \/>\nNo child is left behind?<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re not dumb and we&#8217;re not blind<br \/>\nThey&#8217;re all sitting in your cells<br \/>\nWhile you pave the road to hell<\/p>\n<p>What kind of father would take his own daughter&#8217;s rights away?<br \/>\nAnd what kind of father might hate his own daughter if she were gay?<br \/>\nI can only imagine what the first lady has to say<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ve come a long way from whiskey and cocaine<\/p>\n<p>How do you sleep while the rest of us cry?<br \/>\nHow do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye?<br \/>\nHow do you walk with your head held high?<br \/>\nCan you even look me in the eye?<\/p>\n<p>Let me tell you bout hard work<br \/>\nMinimum wage with a baby on the way<br \/>\nLet me tell you bout hard work<br \/>\nRebuilding your house after the bombs took them away<br \/>\nLet me tell you bout hard work<br \/>\nBuilding a bed out of a cardboard box<br \/>\nLet me tell you bout hard work<br \/>\nHard work<br \/>\nHard work<br \/>\nYou don&#8217;t know nothing bout hard work<br \/>\nHard work<br \/>\nHard work<br \/>\nOh<\/p>\n<p>How do you sleep at night?<br \/>\nHow do you walk with your head held high?<br \/>\nDear Mr. President<br \/>\nYou&#8217;d never take a walk with me<br \/>\nWould you?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>See Also: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinkspage.com\">Pink&#8217;s Website<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_W._Bush\">George W. Bush<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_W._Bush_substance_abuse_controversy\">Whiskey and Cocaine<\/a><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.icemark.com\/blog\/wp-images\/technorati_small.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"15\" alt=\"Technorati\"\/><\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" alt=\"Pink\" title=\"Pink\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Pink\" rel=\"tag\" >Pink<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" alt=\"Dear Mr. President\" title=\"Dear Mr. President\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Dear%20Mr.%20President\" rel=\"tag\" >Dear Mr. President<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" alt=\"Lyrics\" title=\"Lyrics\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Lyrics\" rel=\"tag\" >Lyrics<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" alt=\"George W. Bush\" title=\"George W. Bush\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/George%20W.%20Bush\" rel=\"tag\" >George W. Bush<\/a><br\/>\n<h3 class='related_post_title'>Related Posts:<\/h3><ul class='related_post'><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icemark.com\/blog\/archives\/2021\/02\/07\/the-storm-a-teen-and-a-musical-poem\/\" title=\"The Storm &#8211; A Teen, and a musical poem.\">The Storm &#8211; A Teen, and a musical poem.<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icemark.com\/blog\/archives\/2010\/06\/21\/happy-now\/\" title=\"Happy Now\">Happy Now<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icemark.com\/blog\/archives\/2010\/04\/18\/park-life\/\" title=\"Park Life\">Park Life<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icemark.com\/blog\/archives\/2010\/01\/16\/thats-entertainment\/\" title=\"That&#8217;s Entertainment\">That&#8217;s Entertainment<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icemark.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/05\/21\/tell-me-your-secrets-and-ask-me-your-questions\/\" title=\"Tell me your secrets, and ask me your questions.\">Tell me your secrets, and ask me your questions.<\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Mr. President PINK Dear Mr. President Come take a walk with me Let&#8217;s pretend we&#8217;re just two people and You&#8217;re not better than me I&#8217;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? 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