I Don't Want To Be President Lyrics - Harry Chapin

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 

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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 

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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 people had spoken, they'd elected me 

But I don't want to be President