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Posted Tuesday, September 18th, 2012 - 13 Comments »
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A New Randy Newman Song – “I’m Dreaming”

I’M DREAMING

George Washington was a white man
Adams and Jefferson too
Abe Lincoln was a white man, probably
And William McKinley the whitest of them all
Was shot down by an immigrant in Buffalo
And a star fell out of heaven

I’m dreaming of a white President
Just like the ones we’ve always had
A real live white man
Who knows the score
How to handle money or start a war
Wouldn’t even have to tell me what we were fighting for
He’d be the right man
If he were a

I’m dreaming of a white President
Someone whom we can understand
Someone who knows where we’re coming from
And that the law of the jungle is not the law of this land

In deepest darkest Africa nineteen three
A little boy says, “Daddy, I just discovered relativity.
A big eclipse is coming
And I’ll prove it. Wait and see!”

“You better eclipse yourself outta here, son
And find yourself a tree
There’s a lion in the front yard
And he knows he won’t catch me.”

How many little Albert Einsteins
Cut down in their prime?
How many little Ronald Reagans
Gobbled up before their time?

I don’t believe in evolution
But it does occur to me,
What if little William Howard Taft had to face a lion
Or God forbid, climb a tree?
Where would this country be?

I’m dreaming of a white President
Buh buh buh buh
‘Cause things have never been this bad
So he won’t run the hundred in ten seconds flat
So he won’t have a pretty jump shot
Or be an Olympic acrobat
So he won’t know much about global warming
Is that really where you’re at?
He won’t be the brightest, perhaps
But he’ll be the whitest
And I’ll vote for that

Whiter than this?
Yes
Whiter than this?
Yes
Whiter than this?
Yes
Whiter than this?
Oh yeah

(Note: This song is being released for free download. If you wish to support it with money, Mr. Newman suggests a donation to the United Negro College Fund.)

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13 Responses to “A New Randy Newman Song – “I’m Dreaming””

  1. Yancy Skancy says:
    September 18, 2012 at 9:12 am

    Love Randy Newman, and with any luck he’s past the point in his career where a lot of people don’t understand the concept of singing in character. Are there still folks who believe “Short People” was really just about hating on short people?

  2. Proman says:
    September 18, 2012 at 11:24 am

    The Ralph Bakshi cartoon was somehow more affecting.

  3. The Pope says:
    September 18, 2012 at 1:23 pm

    The new super hero. IronyMan.

  4. i.don't.remember says:
    September 18, 2012 at 7:08 pm

    How about half a donation since Obama is half-white?

    I’m dreaming of an all-black president, not a mulatto….

  5. Christian says:
    September 18, 2012 at 11:13 pm

    That’s what your mom sang to me last night.

  6. Don R. Lewis says:
    September 19, 2012 at 10:52 am

    at least he didn’t say half breed.

  7. Yancy Skancy says:
    September 19, 2012 at 11:19 am

    Pope: Newman has been doing this kind of “IronyMan” stuff since about 1967.

  8. Jaddy Baddy says:
    September 19, 2012 at 12:52 pm

    The real irony of Randy Newman’s “I want a White
    President for Christmas” is that a Jewish racist is
    selling a song about White racism to have a tree
    planted in Israel in his name for financing the
    Israeli policies of apartheid and ethnic cleansing
    against Arabs.

    Randy Newman. a Jewish racist, wrote an anti-White-
    racist song to finance racism in Israel.

    That’s rich, it ain’t Jaime Dimon-harpooning-a-
    gentile-whale-to-finance-apartheid-in-Israel rich,
    but it is rich.

  9. christian says:
    September 19, 2012 at 1:12 pm

    It’s incredible how stupid the internets are making us.

  10. Proman says:
    September 19, 2012 at 1:30 pm

    You’re right, Jaddy. When it comes to apartheid, Israel is the place in Middle East. Clearly there is a one-way wave of antagonism going on without any real causesor provocations. I’m sure that whoever your ethnic ancestors are they’ve resolved all their conflicts peacefully.

  11. The Pope says:
    September 19, 2012 at 3:20 pm

    Yanksy,
    I have been buying Newman’s records since 1983. I was just suggesting that they put him in The Avengers.

    Jaddy Baddy, when you’re ranting like that please remove the pillow case from your head.

  12. Yancy Skancy says:
    September 19, 2012 at 4:23 pm

    Pope: That would definitely liven up the next Avengers movie. Some of the other actors might have to stand on boxes though: Newman is a tall dude.

  13. The Pope says:
    September 19, 2012 at 7:26 pm

    Hahaha!

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