Lyrics Mr. President - Shawn Phillips
Great
God!
What
do
you
see
It's
falling
to
the
ground
The
very
fabric
of
our
lives
Is
turning
upside
down
We
learn
to
kill
before
we
read
To
turn
the
bastard
round
We
got
the
means
to
foil
the
world
Does
that
mean
we
got
to
do
it
now?
Hey
Mr.
President
I
really
do
hope
That
you
don't
watch
your
T.V.
And
keep
your
fingers
Away
from
those
buttons
For
me
and
my
family
and
my
friends
afar
And
the
ones
we
haven't
met
We
are
aware
of
your
sophisticated
toys
And
the
violence
they
beget
We
don't
approve
of
the
way
things
are
Much
less
the
present
set
Things
gotta
change
in
the
next
ten
years
'Cause
we
don't
intend
to
buy
the
farm
yet
Mr.
Prime
Minister
won't
you
administer
Decrees
to
decrease
the
war
It
really
ain't
funny
when
you're
Makin'
that
money
from
Gore
and
blood
and
spillin'
his
guts
And
he
really
doesn't
understand
why
We
been
fillin'
his
head
with
Vicarious
dreams,
'bout
the
paradise
In
the
sky,
and
if
you
don't
kill
him
We'll
kill
you
is
our
insidious
reply
'Cause
it's
gone
full
circle
And
returned
again
And
nobody
really
knows
why
Hey
Mr.
Premier
won't
you
take
another
year
To
let
your
people
be
Elevating,
tolerating
All
that
they
could
be
creating
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