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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2nrO_RU5oY
Jaar: 2006
Muziek/Tekst: Billy Mann en Alecia Moore
Producer: Billy Mann
Gecoverd door: Niels & Wiels (Piloot)
NOTICE for the Intro 
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[Intro] (see NOTICE)
               

[Verse 1]
             
  Dear Mr Pres

             
ident,   come 

              
take a walk wi

          
th me.
            
  Let's preten

              
d we're just t

              
wo people and 


  you're not b

etter than me.
            
I'd like to   

             
ask you some q

              
uestions if we

      
 can,   speak 

honestly.

[Pre-Chorus]
           
  What do you 

           
feel when you 

             
see the homele

              
ss on the stre

 
et?
          
  Who do you p

            
ray for at nig

             
ht before you 

             
go to sleep?
          
  What do you 

            
feel when you 

           
look in the mi

      
rror?
    
  Are you prou


d?

[Chorus]
             
How do you sle

             
ep while the r

                    
est of us cry?
             
How do you dre

             
am when a moth

           
er has no chan

           
ce to say good


bye?
             
How do you wal

             
k with your he

        
ad held high?
             
Can you even l

           
ook me in the 

         
eye   and tell

    
 me [Interlude

]  why?

[Interlude] (see NOTICE)
               

[Verse 2]
             
  Dear Mr Pres

             
ident,   were 

              
you a lonely b

    
oy?   Are you 

a lonely boy?
             
  How can you 

             
say   no child

              
 is left behin

   
d?   We're not

 dumb, and we'

re not blind.
           
  They're all 

              
sitting in you

         
r cells   whil

e you pave the

 road to hell.

[Pre-Chorus 2]
           
What kind of  

           
father might t

             
ake his own da

              
ughter's right

        
s away?
             
  And what kin

         
d of  father m

              
ight hate his 

             
own daughter i

              
f she were gay


?
            
  I can only i

          
 - magine what

             
 the first lad

             
y has to say  

 you've come a
           
long way from 

              
whiskey and co


caine

[Chorus]
             
How do you sle

             
ep while the r

                    
est of us cry?
             
How do you dre

             
am when a moth

           
er has no chan

           
ce to say good


bye?
             
How do you wal

             
k with your he

        
ad held high?
             
Can you even l

           
ook me in the 

    
eye?

[Bridge]
              
Let me tell yo

           
u 'bout hard w

       
ork
           
minimum wage w

           
ith a baby on 

    
the way.
              
Let me tell yo

           
u 'bout hard w

        
ork
              
re-building yo

           
ur house after

           
 the bombs too

        
k them away.
              
Let me tell yo

           
u 'bout hard w

         
ork
           
building a bed

              
 out of a card

   
board box.
              
Let me tell yo

           
u 'bout hard w

            
ork, hard work

            
, hard work
              
You don't know

              
 nothing 'bout

          
 hard work, ha

             
rd work, hard 

                 
work!

[Outro]
             
How do you sle

   
ep at night?
           
How do you wal

             
k with your he

        
ad held high?
              
Dear Mr Presid

             
ent,   you'd n

              
ever take a wa

           
lk with me
     
         Uumm.

 Would you?