Bruce Cockburn - Call Me Rose lyrics

rate me

My name was Richard Nixon only now I'm a girl

you wouldn't know it but I used to be the king of the world

compared to last time I looked like I've hit the skids

living in the project with my two little kids

it's not what I would of chose

now you have to call me Rose

I was boss of bosses the last time around

I lived by cunning and ambition unbound

the suckers said they'd stand behind me right or wrong

as if they thought that hubrus was the mark of the stong

I was an arrogant man

but now I've got it in hand

it's not what I would have chose

now you have to call me Rose

call me Rose

call me Rose it's not what I would have chose

now you have to call me Rose

My name was Richard Nixon only now I am a girl

you wouldn't know it but I used to be the king of the world

I'm back here learning what it is to be poor

to have no power but the strength to endure

I'll perform my penance well

maybe the memoir will sell it's not what I would of chose

now you have to call me Rose