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Lou Reed "The Day John Kennedy Died" "Animal Serenade" (2004) [Verse]
CI dreamed I was the president of thFese UGnited StateCs CI dreamed I replaced ignorance, stuFpiditGy and hatCe CI dreamed the perfect union and a pFerfecGt law, undCenied CAnd most of all I dreamed I forgot the Fday JGohn Kennedy diCed
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CI dreamed that I could do the job that oFthersG hadn't donCe CI dreamed that I was uncorrupt and Ffair Gto everyonCe CI dreamed I wasn't gross or base, aF crimGinal on the tCake CAnd most of all I dreamed I forgot Fthe dGay John Kennedy died
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FOh, the daGy John Kennedy dCied FOh, the daGy John Kennedy dCied
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CI remember where I was that day, I Fwas uGpstate in a bar CThe team from the university was plFayingG football on tv CThen the screen went dead and the announcer said, "There's bFeen aG tragedy..C." C"The President's been shot... C"There are now unconfirmed reports... "That he maFy be Gdead or dyCing."
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CTalking stopped, someone shouted, "What!?" I raFn ouGt to the street CPeople were gathered everywhere saying, "Did you heFar what they Gsaid on TV?C" CAnd then a guy in a Porsche with his radio on Hit his hoFrn and toGld us the neCws CHe said, "The president's dead... CShot twice in the head... In DalFlas and they Gdon't know by whCom."
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CI dreamed I was the president of thFese UGnited States CI dreamed I was young and smart and iFt wasG not a waste CI dreamed that there was a point to life andF to tGhe human race CI dreamed that I could somehow comprehend that someone ShFot himG in the faCce
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FOh, the daGy John Kennedy dCied FOh, the daGy John Kennedy dCied