The Day John Kennedy Died

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I dreamed I was the president of these United States
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I dreamed I replaced ignorance, stupidity and hate
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I dreamed the perfect union and a perfect law, undenied
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And most of all I dreamed I forgot the day John Kennedy died


[Verse]

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I dreamed that I could do the job that others hadn't done
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I dreamed that I was uncorrupt and fair to everyone
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I dreamed I wasn't gross or base, a criminal on the take
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And most of all I dreamed I forgot the day John Kennedy died


[Chorus]

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Oh, the day John Kennedy died
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Oh, the day John Kennedy died


[Verse]

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I remember where I was that day, I was upstate in a bar
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The team from the university was playing football on tv
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Then the screen went dead and the announcer said,
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"There's been a tragedy..."
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"The President's been shot...
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"There are now unconfirmed reports...
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"That he may be dead or dying."


[Verse]

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Talking stopped, someone shouted, "What!?"
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I ran out to the street
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People were gathered everywhere saying,
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"Did you hear what they said on TV?"
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And then a guy in a Porsche with his radio on
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Hit his horn and told us the news
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He said, "The president's dead...
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Shot twice in the head...
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In Dallas and they don't know by whom."


[Verse]

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I dreamed I was the president of these United States
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I dreamed I was young and smart and it was not a waste
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I dreamed that there was a point to life and to the human race
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I dreamed that I could somehow comprehend that someone
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Shot him in the face

[Chorus]

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Oh, the day John Kennedy died
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Oh, the day John Kennedy died