[Intro]

      


[Verse 1]

             
   Dear Mr Pre

             
sident, come t

              
ake a walk wit

           
h me
              
Let's pretend,

             
  we're just t

              
wo people and,


  you're not b

etter than me,
            
I'd like to, a

              
sk you some qu

              
estions if we 

    
can, speak hon

estly.


[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 proud?

   


[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 wh

  
y


[Instrumental]

()      


[Verse 2]

             
  Dear Mr Pres

     
ident, were yo

u a lonely boy
            
  Were you a l

          
onely boy?
              
How can you sa

             
y, no child is

             
 left behind
              
We're not dumb

              
, and we're no

        
t blind
              
They're all si

              
tting in your 

      
cells

while you pave the road to hell


[Pre-Chorus 2]

             
What kind of f

           
ather might ta

              
ke his own dau

             
ghter's rights

     
 away?
             
And what kind 

           
of father migh

              
t hate his own

             
 daughter if s

           
he were gay?
            
I can only ima

            
gine what the 

             
first lady has

     
 to say
              
You've come a 

            
long way, from

              
 whiskey and c

 
ocaine


[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 h

         
ead held high

             
  Dear Mr Pres

             
ident  you'd n

              
ever take a wa

                 
lk with me

ummm, would you.