If a song could be president   We?d hum on Election Day   The gospel choir would start to sway   And we?d all have a part to play      The First Lady would free her hips   Pull a microphone to her lips   Break our hearts with rhythm and blues   Steve Earle would anchor the news      We?d vote for a melody   Pass it around on an MP3   All our best foreign policy   Would be built on harmony      If a song could be president   We?d fly a jukebox to the moon   All our founding fathers 45?s   Lightnin? Hopkins and Patsy Cline   If a song could be president      If a song could be president   We could all add another verse   Life would teach us to rehearse   Till we found a key change      Break out of this minor key   Half truths and hypocrisy   We wouldn?t need an underachiever-in-chief   If a song could be president      We?d make Neil Young a Senator   Even though he came from Canada   Emmy Lou would be Ambassador   World leaders would listen to her      They would show us where our country went wrong   Strum their guitars on the White House lawn   John Prine would run the FBI   All the criminals would laugh and cry   If a song could be president