I dreamed I was the president of these United States
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I dreamed I replaced ignorance, stupidity and hate
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I dreamed the perfect union and a perfect law, undenied
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And most of all I dreamed I forgot the day John Kennedy died
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I dreamed that I could do the job that others hadn't done
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I dreamed that I was uncorrupt and fair to everyone
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I dreamed I wasn't gross or base, a criminal on the take
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And most of all I dreamed I forgot the day John Kennedy died
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Oh, the day John Kennedy died
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Oh, the day John Kennedy died
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I remember where I was that day, I was upstate in a bar
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The team from the university was playing football on TV
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Then the screen want dead and the announcer said,
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"There's been a tragedy
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There's are unconfirmed reports the president's been shot
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and he may be dead or dying."
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Talking stopped, someone shouted, "What!?"
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I ran out to the street
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People were gathered everywhere saying,
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did you hear what they said on TV
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And then a guy in a Porsche with his radio hit his born
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and told us the news
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He said, "The president's dead, he was shot twice in the head
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in Dallas, and they don't know by whom."
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I dreamed I was the president of these United States
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I dreamed I was young and smart and it was not a waste
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I dreamed that there was a point to life and to the human race
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I dreamed that I could somehow comprehend that someone
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shot him in the face
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Oh, the day John Kennedy died
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Oh, the day John Kennedy died
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Oh, the day John Kennedy died
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Oh, the day John Kennedy died
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The Day John Kennedy Died (Live Version)
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| Lou Reed |
