everybody wants to be president
everybody wants to be a bum
bureaucrats like their whiskey
pirates are partial to rum
my daddy was a preacher
my mama was a railroad man
some called me mister stanley
by others i went by stan
i went for a walk with livingstone
down a shady street
but although we quoted scripture
no prophets did we meet
we searched the sky for rainbows
and signs that spelled the end
we did these things together
though he was not my friend
we came upon a polar bear
selling basketballs by the ounce
we bought one for a dollar
and yet it would not bounce
we saw the queen of sheba
ride her bicycle on the lawn
and we were sorely puzzled
because we thought it was frowned upon
everybody wants to be president
everybody wants to be a bum
they tell you they know nothing
but they are only playing dumb
everybody knows everything
you know that this is true
everybody knows everything
except me and maybe you
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