We Can, Yes We Can (Obama done told us)

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Uploaded by: politicalmusic

Category: Politics & Government

Date: 03/04/08

Description: Political campaign song for Barack Obama.(Karaoke style). Music is from the song "Blues in the Night" (My mama done told me), music by Harold Arlen, original lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The subtitles go pretty fast, so here are my lyrics. Obama done told us When he was campaigning Obama done told us, Folks You gotta believe me You gotta work with me So we can get enough votes Our government's broken It needs to be fixed, and we can bring change We can, yes we can Critics say that I'm naive As to how I can achieve Real Change (Obama done told us) Am I raising hopes too high? Is this just pie-in-the-sky? Is It? (Obama done asked us) Well I am audacious To hope that we can change things around We can, yes we can Watch as special interests Try to stop us as they See their power slip When we preach bi-partisanship Fat-cat do-nors think that they a-lone can Sing the campaign song My-chorus of small donors Proves them wrong From Vegas to Des Moines From Memphis to St. Paul Wherever my campaign's gone I've been in some big towns I've talked to some big crowds One thing I stress above all Our government's broken And we'll get it fixed, and yes we can change The way things are done Obama was right, we can, yes we can

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by jeffreysome Tue Mar 04 04:23:23 PST 2008 (7 months ago)

Regardless of your choice of candidates, the piano was very good, right out of the Cotton Club.

by politicalmusic Tue Mar 04 04:47:51 PST 2008 (7 months ago)

Thank you. My son Daniel is an aspiring pianist. If he had practiced the music more than once, he might have been able to avoid the couple of "off" notes, but he was in a hurry to get back to his life as a student in the College of Music at Michigan State University.