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President

from Soul Drug by Ron Sunshine

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This song is written in the voice of a friend of ours who was on-and-off homeless, talking about what he would do if he were the president.

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I’m gonna be the president of the US of A
And when I am, things will be much better than today
I’ll have bacon and eggs in the morning Sugar in My tea
Rich folks will pay 10,000 dollars just to have dinner with me
Living in the White House, I won’t pay no rent
Everything will be free when I’m the President

Instead of sleeping in the subway, I’ll have my own jet plane
I’ll be sipppin’ on fine beaujolais, and gettin off the NIght Train
Instead of tryin to cop a get-high in alphabet land
I’ll be going to summit meetings in Russia and Japan
You’ll see miles and miles of footage of everywhere I went
I’ll be on TV when I’m the president

If you elect me president, I’ll never let you down
When I am commander in chief, there’ll be plenty to go around
Lots of free champagne. ticker tape parades
and fireworks displays every day

When I am the president of the United States
Maybe then my unemployment checks won’t get to me so late
I’ll 20 pairs of shoes and de-signer suits
And someone there just to dress me up, and shine my boots
I’ll have a government accountant
to tell me where the money went
I’ll be livin it up when I’m the President

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from Soul Drug, released May 29, 1998
(Ron Sunshine, Craig Dreyer)

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Ron Sunshine New York, New York

Singer, songwriter, harmonica player Ron Sunshine was born in Denver, moved to NYC in '81, and started paying music full time in '90. He has released six albums, toured internationally, and recorded &performed with the likes of Dr. John, The P-Funk Horns, Pinetop Perkins, Wilson Pickett, and many others. Ron & band continue to dazzle from NY to Los Angeles, Paris to Stockholm, Bermuda to Red Bank. ... more

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