Lyrics I'm Dreaming - Randy Newman

I'm Dreaming

George Washington was a white man
Adams and Jefferson, too
Abe Lincoln was a white man, probably
And William McKinley
The whitest of them all
Shot down by an immigrant in Buffalo
And a star fell out of Heaven
I’m dreaming of a white President
Just like the ones we’ve always had
A real live white man who knows the score
How to handle money
Or start a war
Wouldn’t even have to tell me
What we were fighting for
He’d be the right man
If he were a…
(Everybody!)
I’m dreaming of a white President
Someone who we can understand
Someone who knows where we’re coming from
And that the law of the jungle’s not the law of this land
In deepest, darkest Africa
Nineteen-three
Little boy says, «Daddy, I just discovered relativity!
A big eclipse is coming
And I’ll prove it, wait and see!»
«You better eclipse yourself out of here, son
Find yourself a tree
There’s a lion in the front yard
And he knows he won’t catch me»
Well, how many little Albert Einsteins
Cut down while in their prime?
How many little Ronald Reagans
Get gobbled up before their time?
I don’t believe in evolution
But it does occur to me
What if little William Howard Taft had to face a lion
Or, God forbid, climb a tree?
Where would this country be?
I’m dreaming…
(Bo bo bo bo bo bo…)
'Cause things have never been this bad
So he won’t run the hundred in ten seconds flat
So he won’t have a pretty jump shot, or be an Olympic acrobat
So he won’t know much about global warming
Is that really where you’re at?
He won’t be the brightest, perhaps
But he’ll be the whitest
And I’ll vote for that
Whiter than this?
Yes
Whiter than this?
Yes
Whiter than this?
Yes
Whiter than this?
Ah, yeah