Song Lyrics Harry Chapin - I Dont Want To Be President    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> H>> Harry Chapin Singer Lyrics [Harry Chapin other resources]>> I Dont Want To Be President Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Harry Chapin Music Title/Track: I Dont Want To Be President Theme ID: 6525 Album: N/A Just after I was born, my father said to everyone That I would be the President one day You're a natural politician, boy, get it in your head And you know that it might just turn out that way So through all the years of my childhood There more important things than to play I started caring for my country and my fellow man And this is what I would always say I'd say, I don't want to be President But I want to help the poor and the helpless people I really don't want to be President But if I'm elected I promise to be faithful I graduated college with my law degree I was a young man on the move, they always say I was helping my community, committed to the people I was working as a citizen, to build a better day They persuaded me to run for Congressman They said from Congress you could do much more good And you've got to have the power if your changing things And I was hoping to do everything I could for the people I'd say I don't want to be President But I want to help the poor and the helpless people I really don't want to be President But if I'm elected I promise to be faithful Time is a march where the powerful are drummers Big business, big labor, big oil And soon I was meeting with the men who ran the country The men who owned the sky and the soil Oh, I became a Senator, a man to be reckoned with Playing golf with millionaires, and speaking on TV And when they talked of potential presidential candidates Most often talked about, and most prominent was me Well, I got the nomination, ran a campaign of conscience I stood for peace and brotherhood and for prosperity And on the day of the election I went home to my mansion When the peop Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Last of the Protest Singers, Last Stand, Laugh Man, Legends of the Lost and Found, Let Time Go Lightly, Love Is Just Another Word, Mail Order Annie, Manhood, Mercenaries, Mismatch, Mr. Tanner, My Old Lady, Northwest 222, November Rains, Odd Job Man, Old College Avenue, Old Folkie, On The Road To Kingdom Come, One Light In A Dark Valley, Paint A Picture Of Yourself (Michael), Poor Damned Fool, Pretzel Man, Remember When the Music, Roll Down The River, Salt And Pepper, Sandy, Saturday Morning, Sequel, She Is Always Seventeen, She Sings Songs Without Words, Shooting Star, Short Stories, Silly Little Girl, Six String Orchestra, Sniper, Somebody Said, Someone Keeps Calling My Name, Sometime, Somewhere Wife, Song for Myself, Song Man, Star Tripper, Stop Singing These Sad Songs, Story Of A Life, Stranger with the Melodies, Sunday Morning Sunshine, Tangled Up Puppet, Taxi, The Day They Closed the Factory Down, The Mayor Of Candor Lied, The Parades Still Passing By, Other Harry Chapin song Lyrics 30,000 Pounds Of Bananas Lyrics A Better Place To Be Lyrics A Lot of Lonely People Tonight Lyrics A Quiet Little Love Affair Lyrics All My Lifes A Circle Lyrics And The Baby Never Cries Lyrics Anthem Lyrics Any Old Kind Of Day Lyrics Babysitter Lyrics Barefoot Boy Lyrics Basic Protest Song Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Harry Connick Lyrics Jr. Harry Connick Lyrics Harry James Lyrics Harry James Orchestra Lyrics Harry McClintock Lyrics Harry Mills Lyrics Harry Nilsson Lyrics Harry Potter Lyrics Harry Secombe Lyrics Harry Simeone Chorale Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy