[id:$00000000] [ti:If A Song Could Be President] [ar:Over The Rhine] [00:01.17]If A Song Could Be President -Over The Rhine [00:07.21]If a song could be president [00:11.14]Wed hum on Election Day [00:15.32]The gospel choir would start to sway [00:19.50]And wed all have a part to play [00:23.68]The First Lady would free her hips [00:27.92]Pull a microphone to her lips [00:32.16]Break our hearts with rhythm and blues [00:36.34]Steve Earle would anchor the news [00:40.53]Wed vote for a melody [00:44.71]Pass it around on an MP3 [00:48.95]All our best foreign policy [00:53.13]Would be built on harmony [00:57.31]If a song could be president [01:01.37]Wed fly a jukebox to the moon [01:05.68]All our founding fathers 45s [01:09.86]Lightnin Hopkins and Patsy Cline [01:14.04]If a song could be president [01:22.57]If a song could be president [01:26.63]We could all add another verse [01:30.81]Life would teach us to rehearse [01:34.93]Till we found a key change [01:39.11]Break out of this minor key [01:43.35]Half truths and hypocrisy [01:47.47]We wouldnt need an underachiever-in-chief [01:51.59]If a song could be president [01:55.83]Wed make Neil Young a Senator [02:00.02]Even though he came from Canada [02:04.26]Emmy Lou would be Ambassador [02:08.44]World leaders would listen to her [02:12.62]They would show us where our country went wrong [02:16.77]Strum their guitars on the White House lawn [02:21.01]John Prine would run the FBI [02:25.20]All the criminals would laugh and cry [02:29.31]If a song could be president