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original version of this recording appeared on the 1997 album Recital

lyrics

tell me mr. president
where we're going, where we're going
is it gonna be a better place?
and from what i can tell
you and i we don't know nothing
you and i got wrinkles on our face
how's it gonna be, how's it gonna be
way way out there past where we can see?

we'll be meeting nixon
somehow somewhere sometime on the line
meeting nixon
when we go to that white house in the sky

tell me mr. president
where have we been, where have we been
was it worth the trouble all the while?
seems like when we're looking back
all the love and all the money
moves off into nothing single file
but i can't believe we just end up dead
yeah, there must be something else up ahead

mr. president
there is something more
when everything is over
we're gonna walk through that door

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from 20 Songs From The 20th Century, released February 20, 2007
Jonathan Rundman: vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, tambourine, harmonica
Pat Tomek: drums
Todd Miller: bass

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Jonathan Rundman Minneapolis, Minnesota

"bright, catchy indie pop" NEW YORK TIMES
“clever, intelligent songwriting” PASTE MAGAZINE
“clever phrasing and fresh rhymes" PERFORMING SONGWRITER
“literate…excellent…a record for anyone who hasn't given up on the idea that good songs, electric/acoustic guitars, and a great drummer are the key to all sorts of epiphanies” CITY PAGES
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