Lou Reed – The Day John Kennedy Died (Guitar)

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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 went dead and the announcer said,

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"There's been a tragedy..."

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"The President's been shot...

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"There are now unconfirmed reports...

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"That 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 on

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Hit his horn and told us the news

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He said, "The president's dead...

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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