Tuesday, May 03, 2005
i'm wide awake, it's morning
Are the conversations brief or long?
Does he ask to rape our women's rights
And send poor farm kids off to die?
Does God suggest an oil hike
When the president talks to God?
When the president talks to God
Are the consonants all hard or soft?
Is he resolute all down the line?
Is every issue black or white?
Does what God say ever change his mind
When the president talks to God?
When the president talks to God
Does he fake that drawl or merely nod?
Agree which convicts should be killed?
Where prisons should be built and filled?
Which voter fraud must be concealed
When the president talks to God?
When the president talks to God
I wonder which one plays the better cop
We should find some jobs. the ghetto's broke
No, they're lazy, George, I say we don't
Just give 'em more liquor stores and dirty coke
That's what God recommends
When the president talks to God
Do they drink near beer and go play golf
While they pick which countries to invade
Which Muslim souls still can be saved?
I guess god just calls a spade a spade
When the president talks to God
When the president talks to God
Does he ever think that maybe he's not?
That that voice is just inside his head
When he kneels next to the presidential bed
Does he ever smell his own bullshit
When the president talks to God?
I doubt it
I doubt it
Say what you will about Conor Oberst, say what you will about the cowboy outfit he was sporting, and say what you will about the musical side of the lone chord that makes up "When the President Talks to God." But playing a song like that on American National television, is a ballsy move.
"When the President Talks to God" is still available as a free download from ITunes.
Prefix Magazine has the video up.
now playing: Sonic Youth - Youth Against Fascism
i'm wide awake, it's morning
When the president talks to God
Are the conversations brief or long?
Does he ask to rape our women's rights
And send poor farm kids off to die?
Does God suggest an oil hike
When the president talks to God?
When the president talks to God
Are the consonants all hard or soft?
Is he resolute all down the line?
Is every issue black or white?
Does what God say ever change his mind
When the president talks to God?
When the president talks to God
Does he fake that drawl or merely nod?
Agree which convicts should be killed?
Where prisons should be built and filled?
Which voter fraud must be concealed
When the president talks to God?
When the president talks to God
I wonder which one plays the better cop
We should find some jobs. the ghetto's broke
No, they're lazy, George, I say we don't
Just give 'em more liquor stores and dirty coke
That's what God recommends
When the president talks to God
Do they drink near beer and go play golf
While they pick which countries to invade
Which Muslim souls still can be saved?
I guess god just calls a spade a spade
When the president talks to God
When the president talks to God
Does he ever think that maybe he's not?
That that voice is just inside his head
When he kneels next to the presidential bed
Does he ever smell his own bullshit
When the president talks to God?
I doubt it
I doubt it
Say what you will about Conor Oberst, say what you will about the cowboy outfit he was sporting, and say what you will about the musical side of the lone chord that makes up "When the President Talks to God." But playing a song like that on American National television, is a ballsy move.
"When the President Talks to God" is still available as a free download from ITunes.
Prefix Magazine has the video up.
now playing: Sonic Youth - Youth Against Fascism
2 Comments:
that was an incredible performance. I happened to switch on the TV and I saw Oberst in that outfit singing that song.
This is definately an example of Bright Eyes trying to be the Dylan of our generation.
And that outfit was totally rad.
Amazing. The fact that NBC aired this at all was amazing.
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