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The Day John Kennedy Died Lyrics

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I dreamed I was the president of these United States

I dreamed I replaced ignorance, stupidity and hate

I dreamed the perfect union and a perfect law, undenied

And most of all I dreamed I forgot the day John Kennedy died

I dreamed that I could do the job that others hadn't done

I dreamed that I was uncorrupt and fair to everyone

I dreamed I wasn't gross or base, a criminal on the take

And most of all I dreamed I forgot the day John Kennedy died

Oh, the day John Kennedy died

Oh, the day John Kennedy died

I remember where I was that day, I was upstate in a bar

The team from the university was playing football on TV

Then the screen went dead and the announcer said,

"There's been a tragedy

There's are unconfirmed reports the president's been shot

and he may be dead or dying."

Talking stopped, someone shouted, "What!?"

I ran out to the street

People were gathered everywhere saying,

did you hear what they said on TV

And then a guy in a Porsche with his radio hit his horn

and told us the news

He said, "The president's dead, he was shot twice in the head

in Dallas, and they don't know by whom."

I dreamed I was the president of these United States

I dreamed I was young and smart and it was not a waste

I dreamed that there was a point to life and to the human race

I dreamed that I could somehow comprehend that someone

shot him in the face

Oh, the day John Kennedy died

Oh, the day John Kennedy died

Oh, the day John Kennedy died

Oh, the day John Kennedy died