The Presidents Lyrics - Singles - Jonathan Coulton

Washington came first and he was perfect 

John Adams kept us out of war with France 

Jefferson made a Louisiana Purchase 

In 1812 James Madison kicked the British in the pants 

James Monroe told Europe they could suck it 

John Quincy Adams looked just like his dad 

Andrew Jackson got rid of all the Indians 

Van Buren served one term but he wasn't bad 

William Henry Harrison died early 

John Tyler annexed Texas from Mexico 

James K. Polk fought Mexico to keep it 

Taylor was a Mexican War hero 

Filmore gave a boat to Commodore Perry 

Pierce repealed the Missouri Compromise 

Buchanan saw the Civil War's beginnings 

Lincoln saved the Union, then he died 

Andrew Johnson just survived impeachment 

General Grant enjoyed a drink or two 

Rutherford B. Hayes ended reconstruction 

Garfield was assassinated in 1882 

Arthur suspended Chinese immigration 

Cleveland made the railroad people squirm 

Harrison signed the Sherman Anti-Trust Act 

Grover Cleveland served another term 

McKinley kept the Spanish out of Cuba 

Roosevelt was handy with a gun 

Taft was big and fat and had a mustache 

Wilson kicked some ass in World War I 

Harding said let's laissez-faire with business 

Coolidge made the roaring 20s roar 

Hoover screwed the pooch in the Great Depression 

Then Roosevelt beat the Nazis in the war 

Truman dropped the bomb on Hiroshima 

Eisenhower kept the commies well in hand 

Kennedy was killed by a magic bullet 

Johnson murdered kids in Vietnam 

Nixon was a sweating filthy liar 

Ford gave Nixon pardon for his crimes 

Carter lusted in his heart for peanuts 

Reagan won the Cold War and lost his mind 

George Bush senior poked at Saddam Hussein 

Clinton gave an intern a cigar 

W's legacy's a work in progress 

That is all the presidents so far 

In the year 2005 we're out of money 

Somewhere surely freedom's on the march 

I don't like to make political statements