The Day John Kennedy Died(Chords)

	        
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I dreamed I was the president of these United States 
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I dreamed I replaced ignorance, stupidity and hate 
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I dreamed the perfect union and a perfect law, undenied 
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And most of all I dreamed I forgot the day John Kennedy died 


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I dreamed that I could do the job that others hadn't done 
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I dreamed that I was uncorrupt and fair to everyone 
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I dreamed I wasn't gross or base, a criminal on the take 
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And most of all I dreamed I forgot the day John Kennedy died 
 

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Oh, the day John Kennedy died 
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Oh, the day John Kennedy died 


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I remember where I was that day, I was upstate in a bar 
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The team from the university was playing football on tv 
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Then the screen went dead and the announcer said, 
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'There's been a tragedy...' 
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'The President's been shot... 
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'There are now unconfirmed reports... 
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'That he may be dead or dying.' 


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Talking stopped, someone shouted, 'What!?' 
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I ran out to the street 
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People were gathered everywhere saying, 
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'Did you hear what they said on TV?' 
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And then a guy in a Porsche with his radio on 
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Hit his horn and told us the news 
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He said, 'The president's dead... 
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Shot twice in the head... 
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In Dallas and they don't know by whom.' 


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I dreamed I was the president of these United States 
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I dreamed I was young and smart and it was not a waste 
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I dreamed that there was a point to life and to the human race 
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I dreamed that I could somehow comprehend that someone 
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Shot him in the face 

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Oh, the day John Kennedy died 
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Oh, the day John Kennedy died

	        

Written by Lou Reed