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
Emmy Lou 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
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 Emmy Lou 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 Explain Request ×
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