If A Song Could Be President Lyrics - Over The Rhine

If a song could be president 

Wed hum on Election Day 

The gospel choir would start to sway 

And wed all have a part to play 

The First Lady would free her hips 

Pull a microphone to her lips 

Break our hearts with rhythm and blues 

Steve Earle would anchor the news 

Wed vote for a melody 

Pass it around on an MP3 

All our best foreign policy 

Would be built on harmony 

If a song could be president 

Wed fly a jukebox to the moon 

All our founding fathers 45s 

Lightnin Hopkins and Patsy Cline 

If a song could be president 

If a song could be president 

We could all add another verse 

Life would teach us to rehearse 

Till we found a key change 

Break out of this minor key 

Half truths and hypocrisy 

We wouldnt need an underachiever-in-chief 

If a song could be president 

Wed make Neil Young a Senator 

Even though he came from Canada 

Emmy Lou would be Ambassador 

World leaders would listen to her 

They would show us where our country went wrong 

Strum their guitars on the White House lawn 

John Prine would run the FBI 

All the criminals would laugh and cry 

If a song could be president