https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eDJ3cuXKV4
Dear Mr. President,
Come take a walk with me.
Let's pretend we're just two people and
You're not better than me.
(많은 사람들이 이렇게 생각하지 않을까요? 당신이 나보다 더 나아서 대통령이 된 건 아니라고. 적어도 잠간 동안이라도요.)
I'd like to ask you some questions if we can speak honestly.
What do you feel when you see all the homeless on the street?
Who do you pray for at night before you go to sleep?
What do you feel when you look in the mirror?
Are you proud?
(뭐에 대해서 자랑스러울지..)
How do you sleep while the rest of us cry?
How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye?
How do you walk with your head held high?
Can you even look me in the eye
And tell me why?
(정치가라면 대답을 시도해 봐야 되지 않을까요?)
Dear Mr. President,
Were you a lonely boy?
Are you a lonely boy?
Are you a lonely boy?
How can you say
No child is left behind?
We're not dumb and we're not blind.
우리는 바보도 아니고 장님도 아니에요
They're all sitting in your cells
While you pave the road to hell.
What kind of father would take his own daughter's rights away?
And what kind of father might hate his own daughter if she were gay?
I can only imagine what the first lady has to say
You've come a long way from whiskey and cocaine.
(뮤직비디오에서 주로 부쉬 전 대통령이 보이는 거 보니까 아마도 그 아저씨에 대해서 부른 노래였나 보봅니다.)
How do you sleep while the rest of us cry?
How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye?
How do you walk with your head held high?
Can you even look me in the eye?
Let me tell you 'bout hard work
Minimum wage with a baby on the way
Let me tell you 'bout hard work
Rebuilding your house after the bombs took them away
Let me tell you 'bout hard work
Building a bed out of a cardboard box
Let me tell you 'bout hard work
Hard work
Hard work
You don't know nothing 'bout hard work
Hard work
Hard work
Oh
(노동이라는 거에 대해서 얘기할 수 있을지)
How do you sleep at night?
How do you walk with your head held high?
Dear Mr. President,
You'd never take a walk with me.
Would you?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Alf2QG5nLAg
이 노래가 생각난 것은 선거 때문이 아니고, 미국의 어느 초등학교에서 정말 믿기 어려운 총기 사건이 일어나고 오바마 대통령이 나와서 하던 얘기 때문입니다. 써 준 글을 읽을 것이라든가, 어느 정도 진실이 있는가 하는 말씀도 당연히 하실 수 있겠지만 어쨌든 제게는 본인도 가슴이 아픈 사람이라고 느껴졌습니다. 그게 사실이면 좋겠고요
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mU-SLspioU
미국에서의 총기 문제에 대해 뭔가 한다고 하기는 했는데요. 과연 가능할지... 생일, 졸업, 결혼 등 인생의 많은 일들을 경험하게 될 어린이들이 그렇게 된 거에 대해서...