Pink and Indigo
Pink has released a listenable new album. (Not that the others weren't.) A single song hooked me to buy this one though. Dear Mr. President is a personal note to the current occupant of the White House.
The Indigo Girls support Pink on this cut. You have to love anything to which they lend their talents. But it isn't just the melody. The lyric is my primary reason to listen to music. You'll appreciate Pink's direct approach.
Since so many lyric sites mire you in popups and popunders I'll quote the song here:
Dear Mr. President
Come take a walk with meLet'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 honestlyWhat 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?
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 hellWhat 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 cocaineHow 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 workHard work
Hard work
You don't know nothing bout hard work
Hard work
Hard work
OhHow 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?
The song Stupid Girls also has a great message. Buy the album and find out. It doesn't look as though Pink has her own boutique*, so you'll have to buy the album at Target.
* - I prefer to buy an album straight from the source so the artist gets a bigger cut. (By the way someone please convince Pink's webmaster to ditch that Flash design.)
