“Dear Mr President” by Pink
by M.P, C.P. and T.L.
•The song
«Dear Mr President »is a song sung by Pink and is part of her fourth album entitled
«I'm not dead ».
The album was released on April 5 2006 but the song was not a single in the USA
because Pink thought it was too important and she did not want it to be considered as a
publicity stunt, but it was released in Europe, Australia, Canada and the UK.
The song is about war(s),
homeless people,
drug abuse, etc (sadness because of poverty and other problems, …).
In the song, Pink asks President Bush
questions because she disagrees with his way of governing the USA.
•The singer
Pink is an American singer-songwriter (she writes her songs and sings them).
She was born in the United states, on September 8, 1979, but she is from Irish,
German and Lithuanian origins.
Her real name is Alecia Beth Moore.
•Vocabulary
Entitled = whose TITLE is
released= sorti/publié/paru (pour une chanson, un livre, un film)
President Bush = G.W. Bush was the President of the USA when Pink wrote this song : now,
Barack Obama is the President of the USA
•The lyrics and the song :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR6g2z60stA&feature=related
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.
Were you a lonely boy?
Can you even look me in the eye?
Are you a lonely boy?
Are you a lonely boy?
Let me tell you 'bout hard work
How can you say
Minimum wage with a baby on the
No child is left behind?
way
We're not dumb and we're not
Let me tell you 'bout hard work
blind.
Rebuilding your house after the
They're all sitting in your cells
bombs took them away
What do you feel when you see all While you pave the road to hell.
Let me tell you 'bout hard work
the homeless on the street?
Building a bed out of a cardboard
Who do you pray for at night
What kind of father would take his
box
before you go to sleep?
own daughter's rights away?
Let me tell you 'bout hard work
What do you feel when you look
And what kind of father might
Hard work
in the mirror?
hate his own daughter if she were
Hard work
Are you proud?
gay?
You don't know nothing 'bout hard
I can only imagine what the first
work
How do you sleep while the rest of
lady has to say
Hard work
us cry?
You've come a long way from
Hard work
How do you dream when a
whiskey and cocaine.
Oh
mother has no chance to say
goodbye?
How do you sleep while the rest of
How do you sleep at night?
How do you walk with your head
us cry?
How do you walk with your head
held high?
How do you dream when a
held high?
Can you even look me in the eye
mother has no chance to say
Dear Mr. President,
And tell me why?
goodbye?
You'd never take a walk with me.
How do you walk with your head
Would you?
Dear Mr. President,
held high?