The President Releases Gigs Lyrics

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Robyn Hitchcock
According to our records, Robyn has played this song 50 times, most recently at Robyn & Emma's house on May 29, 2020. He first performed it at Irving Plaza on June 21, 1985, 34 years and 11 months earlier.

Lyrics

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

<Alternates>
But you can't see me, can you?      12a

<Notes>
Hanns Johst, a german playwright of the Nazi era, wrote
"Wenn ich Kultur hore... entsichere ich meinen Browning"
(When I hear the word "Culture", I reach for my Browning (rifle)).