Lyrics Robyn Hitchcock

Robyn Hitchcock

The President

The President is talking to us through a microphone

Like he's trying to pack his mother off

To an old people's home

I know you're out there

I know you're out there somewhere

I know you're out there

When I hear the word "Democracy"

I reach for my headphones

He's the president of Europe and he's talking to the dead

They're the only ones who'll listen or believe a word he said

You know I'm out here

But you can't see me, darlin'

You know I'm out here

When I hear the word "Security"

I reach for my shotgun

Whoa-oo-whoa-oo-oh

He's standing in a cemetery inside the western zone

I listen on the radio, I'm glad I'm not alone

I know you're out there

I know you're out there somewhere

God knows you're out there

I can almost hear it raining

I can almost hear it raining

I can almost hear it raining