Dear Mr. President I
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

What 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?
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 hell

What 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 cocaine

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?

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 work
Hard work
Hard work
You don't know nothing 'bout hard work
Hard work
Hard work
Oh

How 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?



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"Dear Mr. President" as written by Alecia B Moore, Billy Mann

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    Song Meaning:DEAR MR PRESIDENT
    By P!nk
    Song of Social Comment.
    To me, this song means, that Pink is disappointed by the way the president at the time (George Bush) did things. It was about the fact that President Bush was too selfish and he made America a sad country. He didn’t care about the fact that he hurt people. He took the children away and he just stood there watching people suffer and did nothing about it. He hated everyone who was different. He saw people suffer, and only cared about himself. In the song, it states that he watched people get sadder and sadder and Pink actually asks, how does he sleep at night? To me, it seems like Pink was really emotional, to the fact that some would ask, ‘What did the president do to her’?
    Flagged FlashBack3on November 06, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:First off, i just want to say that I am Canadian so I can't say much about the different presidents and if I offend you I am sorry I think of things in a legal point of view I am not trying to be mean at all.

    The first time I heard this song I started to cry. I have found that a lot of people who have money forget about the people who don't. One of you said something about how pink is singing about not having money when she does. But really she is just getting awareness out about poverty and I am happy she is. I think pink is simply showing people that while the government does one thing for the country they forget about the people who have nothing. This song is helping because it will catch their attention if people start making a fuss about it. I don't think she is banging on one president, she is simply trying to understand what is going on in their head. In 1 year 11 of my family members have died and the next year one more and this year it was my cousin who wasn't even 16. The government doesn't think about the people who are in pain because of cancer or death, for me it was both and I always seem to be crying because I try to hide the pain which only comes out at night.

    I pride pink for this. We are lucky enough to have the freedom of speech and she is using that fact without exceeding the limit. She is not telling us to hate the government, she is just saying what she is confused about. She is opening our eyes. And by the way yes, music artists do a lot of hard work, dont ever doubt that. Thanks for reading!
    Flagged Swifty3MLambert3Shaniaon June 12, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:To everyone who says that P!nk is a hypocrite cos she doesn't know hard work etc....

    1. The music industry IS hard work. it is incredibly difficult to shelter your life from the press, to be always looking good, to write songs like this with a message etc., and although you may not see it, it's true.

    2. She never says she is singing from her own perspective. she is using her position in the public eye to help those who are forgotten to be noticed. she is getting the attention of the president and parliament, letting them know that people are suffering and need help.

    Just my view :) and I'm from Australia, and I think you could be saying 'Dear Miss Prime Minister' and it would also be true. another song with a similar meaning, if you are interested, is 'The sea is rising' by Bliss n Eso.
    Flagged PhObOton May 28, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:This song is powerful.

    Let me tell you about hard work
    Minimum wage with a baby on the way
    Let me tell you about hard work
    Rebuilding your house after the bombs took them away
    Let me tell you about hard work
    Building a bed out of a cardboard box
    Let me tell you about hard work
    Hard work, hard work, you don't know nothing about hard work
    Hard work, hard work

    How do you sleep at night?
    How do you walk with your head held high?
    Dear Mr. President,
    you'll never take a walk with me...

    <3
    Flagged HaHson January 02, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:I see some of the lyrics on here that could work on Obama's term. Obama just let the stuff Bush did slide rather than fix them like he promised, so much for the Stimulus Plan!
    Flagged Warren67on July 27, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:This is lyrically one of P!nk's best songs, and I'd put this in my top 20 songs of all time for songwriting. The first time I heard this I nearly cried, and not purely because I was sad. I'm so glad she put politicians' bullshit into words.
    Flagged feminist92on July 21, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Very good song, but to be honest, Politician's try very hard. I'd like to see any of you sadistic fuckers try do a Politician's job, everyone of you people whom previous commented would failed miserably.
    Flagged RealisticFucker134on June 24, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:*sighs* It's a nice-sounding song, and I like the guitar music.

    I don't like how much people drag Ex-President Bush down, though. That job all but ruined him, and I hope he's alright. Whether or not I agree with his political views, I believe in treating people like human beings--something a lot of people have forgotten how to do.

    That was a real man up in office, you know. A person. With feelings, and deserving of at least a modicum of respect.
    Flagged AngstandPassionon June 03, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Wow....P!nk has guts to be able to say all that about the president! Some of it's true and some of it's not bu this is a really meaningful song!
    Flagged iceskaterchickon February 23, 2010   Link
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    Song Meaning:I think Pink has huge guts to sing this song. Bush was nothing but a shitty accident that happened to the country, and nothing more. No, he did not help anybody, he did not make things better for the country. I am part of a foreign family so I have perspective on what Bush was doing from the outside. Basically, he was pissing on the country without even having the courtesy to call it rain. He fucked up the economy pretty badly, so it's kind of not the homeless people's fault they're on the streets, Bush screwed everyone over in this country because he could. He was a monkey in a suit pretending to run a country. The horrible incident on 9/11 was very tragic, but I believe this country should stop with retaliation (Pearl Harbor, anyone? Hiroshima, Nagasaki?). I think we should have just gotten that evil bastard Saddam Hussein out of office, helped clean up the damage, and gotten the hell out of dodge. But no, damn testosterone kicked in and we had to declare war on every single fucking square inch of that area over there and bombed everything until we got somebody. Personally, I don't think that was a very good approach, seeing as that entire region of the world probably hates the U.S.'s guts, and not without reason. The army practically bombed everything in its way, sympathy be damned. And, uh, who makes those decisions? That's right, the motherfucker sitting up in the oval office, high and mighty (No you'd never take a walk with me). I know I sound really harsh, but being from a foreign family and surroundings, you look at things in countries and you are just like, wow, that guy's an idiot. I live here, and it has not been an easy time for family since we moved here from Colombia 10 years ago, because of the economy. George Bush was an awful accident. Damn those holier-than-thou uptight pricks who butted in. Thanks for landing the country into the shape it is giving the new president (Obama) much more to deal with than he should have to.
    Flagged think123on February 21, 2010   Link

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