Dear Mr. President

Dear Mr. President lyrics
(feat. Indigo Girls)

Dear Mr. President,
Come take a walk with me.
Let's pretend we're just two people and
You're not better than me.
I'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?
Who do you pray for at night before you go to sleep?
What do you feel when you look in the mirror?
Are you proud?

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
And tell me why?

Dear Mr. President,
Were you a lonely boy?
Are you a lonely boy?
Are you a lonely boy?
How can you say
No child is left behind?
We're not dumb and we're not blind.
They're all sitting in your cells
While you pave the road to hell.

What 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?
I can only imagine what the first lady has to say
You've come a long way from whiskey and cocaine.

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?

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
Building a bed out of a cardboard box
Let me tell you 'bout hard work
Hard work
Hard work
You don't know nothing 'bout hard work
Hard work
Hard work
Oh

How do you sleep at night?
How do you walk with your head held high?
Dear Mr. President,
You'd never take a walk with me.
Would you?

Lirik lagu diatas merupakan lirik lagu dari penyanyi yang biasa kita sebut sebagai P!nk.

Gue bener-bener mengagumi si P!nk ini, walaupun gaya dia ugal-ugalan, slengean atau apapun sebutannya, tapi dia dapat menyuguhkan sebuah lagu yang bermakna seperti "Dear Mr. President." Saat dia merilis lagu ini, dia sendiri mau mempublikasikannya. Tetapi karena takut akan terjadi skandal, sehingga P!nk akhirnya memutuskan untuk tidak membuat video clipnya, jadi hanya diputar di radio-radio saja. Ternyata lagu ini menjadi hits diluar duluan, baru didalam negri *kalo gak salah inget*.
Sebenernya sih lagu ini ditujukan buat presiden diluar sono, yang kalo namanya dibahasa Indonesia-in artinya jadi semak belukar.


Berikut gue mau membahas beberapa penggal liriknya yang benar-benar gue suka. Dan jawaban gue menurut apa yang telah gue lihat selama ini.

 "What do you feel when you see all the homeless on the street?"

 I bet you won't think of them who are homeless.

"Who do you pray for at night before you go to sleep?"

Of course my family, isn't that your answer, Dear Mr. President?

"What do you feel when you look in the mirror? Are you proud?"

OF COURSE!

"How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye?"

If she's not my mother, I don't care. Isn't that right?

"And what kind of father might hate his own daughter if she were gay?"

Oh dude! She's your child! Not mine.

"Let me tell you 'bout hard work. Minimum wage with a baby on the way"

 Is this what you call hardwork?

"Let me tell you 'bout hard work. Rebuilding your house after the bombs took them away"

So, why you call your soldier to bomb it away?

"You don't know nothing 'bout hard work"

Yes, you don't know anything.

"Dear Mr. President, You'd never take a walk with me. Would you?"

You'll be dead if you take a walk with me :)