If A Song Could Be President
Over the Rhine
If A Song Could Be President 歌詞
If A Song Could Be President
如果總統可以是一首歌~
Wed hum on Election Day
我們會在選舉日哼著它
The gospel choir would start to sway
福音合唱團會跟著它擺動
And wed all have a part to play
而每個人都將會有負責演奏的部分
The first lady would free her hips
總統夫人會搖擺著身體
Pull a microphone to her lips
唇邊麥克風裡的話語會是歌
Break our hearts with Rhythm and Blues
隨著它變成藍調,我們的心情也會跟著節奏低落
Steve Earle would anchor the news
Steve Earle會負責廣播新聞
Wed vote for a melody
我們都會投這首歌一票——
Pass it around on an MP3
透過周圍的MP3
All our best foreign policy
到時我們最好的外交政策
Would be built on harmony
都將會建立於和諧之上
If a song could be president
如果總統可以是一首歌
Wed fly a jukebox to the moon
太空人們會帶著有它的點唱機上太空
All our founding fathers 45s
我們的開國功臣將變成
Lightnin Hopkins and Patsy Cline
Lightnin Hopkins 和Patsy Cline
If a song could be president
如果總統可以是一首歌
If a song could be president
如果總統可以是一首歌
We could all add another verse
我們還會加上一首詩
Life would teach us to rehearse
生命將會教我們怎麼去唱出它們
Till we found a key change
直到調調改變了
Break out of this minor key
不再是悲傷的小調了
Half-truths and hypocrisy
而虛偽和謊言都將被打破
We wouldnt need an underachiever-in-chief
我們不再需要壞人來當總統
If a song could be president
如果總統可以是一首歌
Wed make Neil Young a Senator
我們會讓Neil Young成為參議員
Even though he came from Canada
儘管他來自加拿大
Emmylou would be Ambassador
Emmylou會成為大使
World leaders would listen to her
各國的領導人都會聽她的歌
They would show us
然後他們會向我們展示
where our country went wrong
我們的國家哪裡正出現問題
Strum their guitars on the White House lawn
並在白宮前的草坪亂彈著他們的吉他
John Prine would run the FBI
John Prine 會負責管理FBI
All the criminals would laugh and cry
所有的罪犯將會哭笑不得
If a song could be president
如果總統可以是一首歌(所有人名↑都是音樂人