Dear Mr President-Pete Seeger

[ti:Dear Mr President] [ar:Pete Seeger] [al:Dear Mr President] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Dear Mr President - Pete Seeger [00:09.59]Dear Mr President I set me down [00:11.66]To send you greetings from my home town [00:13.66]And send you best wishes [00:14.45]From all the friends I know [00:16.00]In Texas Alabama Ohio [00:17.77] [00:18.71]And affiliated places [00:19.73] [00:21.04]I'm an ordinary guy worked most of my life [00:23.18]Sometime I'll settle down with my kids and wife [00:25.27]And I like to see a movie or take a little drink [00:27.27]I like being free to say what I think [00:29.09] [00:29.89]Sort of runs in the family [00:31.22] [00:31.93]My grandpa crossed the ocean [00:33.61]For the same reason [00:34.72] [00:36.20]Now I hate Hitler and I can tell you why [00:38.36]He's caused lots of good [00:39.40]Folks to suffer and die [00:40.67]He's got a way of shoving folks around [00:42.80]I figure it's about time we [00:43.94]Slapped him down [00:44.87]Give him a dose of his own medicine [00:46.40] [00:47.36]Lead poisoning [00:48.17] [00:50.35]Now Mr President [00:51.47]We haven't always agreed in the past I know [00:54.02]But that ain't at all important now [00:56.02]What is important is what we got to do [00:57.74]We got to lick Mr Hitler and until we do [01:00.24]Other things can wait [01:01.13] [01:02.94]In other words first we got a skunk to skin [01:05.02] [01:07.00]War means overtime and higher prices [01:08.73] [01:09.29]But we're all willing to make sacrifices [01:10.66]Hell I'd even stop fighting [01:12.13]With my mother in law [01:13.16]Cause we need her too [01:14.11]To win the war old battle ax [01:16.74] [01:18.62]Now as I think of our great land [01:20.20]Of the cities and towns and farming land [01:21.92]There's so many good people [01:23.11]Working every day [01:24.51]I know it ain't perfect but it [01:25.79]Will be some day [01:26.80]Just give us a little time [01:28.54]This is the reason that I want to fight [01:30.66]Not because every thing's [01:31.43]Perfect or every thing's right [01:32.66]No it's just the opposite [01:34.03]I'm fighting because I want [01:35.21]A better America with better laws [01:37.12] [01:37.75]And better homes and jobs and schools [01:39.69]And no more Jim Crow and no more rules [01:41.94]Like you can't ride on this train [01:44.71]Cause you're a Negro [01:45.89] [01:46.42]You can't live here cause you're a Jew [01:48.32] [01:49.13]You can't work here cause you're a union man [01:51.00] [01:52.97]There's a line keeps running [01:54.29]Through my head [01:55.27]I think it was something Joe Louis once said [01:57.40] [01:57.94]Said There's lots of things wrong [01:59.42]But Hitler won't help them [02:00.57] [02:02.94]Now Mr President [02:04.18]You're commander in chief of our armed forces [02:06.51]Ships and planes and the tanks and horses [02:08.64]I guess you know best just where I can fight [02:11.17]All I want to be is situated right [02:12.63]To do the most damage [02:13.82] [02:15.23]I never was one to try and shirk [02:16.58] [02:17.20]And let the other fellow do all the work [02:19.51]So when the time comes I'll be on hand [02:21.15]And make good use of these two hands [02:23.60] [02:24.18]Quit playing this banjo around with the boys [02:25.95]And exchange it for something [02:27.35]That makes more noise [02:28.27] [02:30.26]So Mr President [02:31.14] [02:32.58]We've got this one big job to do [02:34.35]That's lick Mr Hitler and when we're through [02:36.76]Let no one else ever take his place [02:38.66]To trample down the human race [02:40.58] [02:41.78]So what I want is you to give me a gun [02:43.64]So we can hurry up and get the job done