That Was The President lyrics

Artist	Phil Ochs
Album(s)	I Ain't Marching Anymore

Lyrics

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The bullets of the false revenge have struck us once again

Em am d

As the angry seas have struck upon the sand

G c g bm

And it seemed as though a friendless world had lost itself a friend

Em d g

That was the president and that was the man



I still can see him smiling there and waving at the crowd

As he drove through the music of the band

And never even knowing no more time would be allowed

Not for the president and not for the man



Here's a memory to share, here's a memory to save

Of the sudden early ending of command

Yet a part of you and a part of me is buried in his grave

That was the president and that was the man



It's not only for the leader that the sorrow hits so hard

There are greater things I'll never understand

How a man so filled with life, even death was caught off guard

That was the president and that was the man



Every thing he might have done and all he could have been

Was proven by the troubled traitors hand

For what other death could wound the hearts of so many men

That was the president and that was the man



Yes, the glory that was lincoln's never died when he was slain

It's been carried over time and time again

And to the list of honor you may add another name

That was the president and that was the man

That was the president and that was the man



Here is an older version of the song, supplied by cody gillespie-lynch



On a south pacific ocean, on a south pacific shore

A legend was written on the sand

For a man of peace was born in the middle of a war

That was the president, and that was the man



With the wisdom of the old and the vision of the young

A challenge was given to the land

And our dreams of peace were spoken with a gifted, golden tongue

That was the president, and that was the man



When the freedom revolution gave a rumble and a roar

The world was shown on which side he would stand

For the first time in a hundred years he opened up the door

That was the president, and that was the man



When a hungry world was searching for a way to feed it's own

The peace corps was offered as his plan

And now these seeds of knowledge go wherever winds have blown

That was the president, and that was the man



Everything he might've done and all he could've been

Was proven by the tainted traitor's hand

For what other death could wound the hearts of so many men

That was the president, and that was the man



No end to all the sorrow and the hours we shall grieve

So deep was the fire of his brand

And still I can remember, and still I can't believe

That was the president, and that was the man



Yes, the glory that was lincoln's never died when he was slain

That glory shown with roosevelt again

And to this list of honor you may list another name

For these were the presidents, and these were the men

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