{"id":695,"date":"2007-08-10T05:41:12","date_gmt":"2007-08-10T03:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/archives\/695"},"modified":"2010-06-01T00:02:54","modified_gmt":"2010-05-31T22:02:54","slug":"dear-mr-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/archives\/695","title":{"rendered":"Dear Mr. President"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve always loved Pink<\/a>, first because her music is awesome, but also because she’s just so out there and not afraid to be different.\u00a0 I LOVE that about her.\u00a0 I think if I could trade bodies and attitudes with anyone it would be her.<\/p>\n

If there was ever any doubt in my mind that she is the coolest chick in America, this video<\/a> has wiped it all away…<\/p>\n

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It’s such a powerful song, and I’m not even American. I’m sure Americans must have strong feelings about it one way or the other, but I think it’s great and soooo true.<\/p>\n

Here’s the lyrics for those of you that suck at that kind of thing:<\/p>\n

Dear Mr. President – Pink<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dear Mr. President,
\nCome take a walk with me.
\nLet’s pretend we’re just two people and
\nYou’re not better than me.
\nI’d like to ask you some questions if we can speak honestly.<\/p>\n

What do you feel when you see all the homeless on the street?
\nWho do you pray for at night before you go to sleep?
\nWhat do you feel when you look in the mirror?
\nAre you proud?<\/p>\n

How do you sleep while the rest of us cry?
\nHow do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye?
\nHow do you walk with your head held high?
\nCan you even look me in the eye
\nAnd tell me why?<\/p>\n

Dear Mr. President,
\nWere you a lonely boy?
\nAre you a lonely boy?
\nAre you a lonely boy?
\nHow can you say
\nNo child is left behind?
\nWe’re not dumb and we’re not blind.
\nThey’re all sitting in your cells
\nWhile you pave the road to hell.<\/p>\n

What kind of father would take his own daughter’s rights away?
\nAnd what kind of father might hate his own daughter if she were gay?
\nI can only imagine what the first lady has to say
\nYou’ve come a long way from whiskey and cocaine.<\/p>\n

How do you sleep while the rest of us cry?
\nHow do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye?
\nHow do you walk with your head held high?
\nCan you even look me in the eye?<\/p>\n

Let me tell you ’bout hard work
\nMinimum wage with a baby on the way
\nLet me tell you ’bout hard work
\nRebuilding your house after the bombs took them away
\nLet me tell you ’bout hard work
\nBuilding a bed out of a cardboard box
\nLet me tell you ’bout hard work
\nHard work
\nHard work
\nYou don’t know nothing ’bout hard work
\nHard work
\nHard work
\nOh<\/p>\n

How do you sleep at night?
\nHow do you walk with your head held high?
\nDear Mr. President,
\nYou’d never take a walk with me.
\nWould you?<\/p>\n

Here<\/a> is a video of her discussing it with Jimmy Kimmel.<\/p>\n

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