Harry Chapin I Dont Want To Be President Lyrics

I Dont Want To Be President Lyrics

Just after I was born, my father said to everyone

That I would be the
President one day

Youre a natural politician, boy, get it in your head

And you know that it might just turn out that way

So through all the
years of my childhood

There more important things than to play

I
started caring for my country and my fellow man

And this is what I would
always say



Id say, I dont want to be President

But I want to
help the poor and the helpless people

I really dont want to be
President

But if Im elected I promise to be faithful



I
graduated college with my law degree

I was a young man on the move, they
always say

I was helping my community, committed to the people

I
was working as a citizen, to build a better day

They persuaded me to run
for Congressman

They said from Congress you could do much more good

And youve got to have the power if your changing things

And I was
hoping to do everything I could for the people



Id say I dont want
to be President

But I want to help the poor and the helpless people

I really dont want to be President

But if Im elected I promise to be
faithful



Time is a march where the powerful are drummers

Big
business, big labor, big oil

And soon I was meeting with the men who ran
the country

The men who owned the sky and the soil

Oh, I became a
Senator, a man to be reckoned with

Playing golf with millionaires, and
speaking on TV

And when they talked of potential presidential
candidates

Most often talked about, and most prominent was me

Well,
I got the nomination, ran a campaign of conscience

I stood for peace and
brotherhood and for prosperity

And on the day of the election I went home
to my mansion

When the people had spoken, theyd elected me

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