Lyrics - White House Blues by Indigo Girls

Subject:
Cover:
White
House
Blues."
White
House
Blues" is a song by
Atlanta singer/songwriter
Caroline
Aiken.
The girls have been doing it now and then since 1987.
Whenthey first started doing the song, they did it as
Caroline wrote it,but, after a while, they re-wrote the third verse to make it moretopical.
I've heard it at least twice in the past two years, but
Idon't remember whether they used
Caroline's third verse, or the onethey reworked in 1988, or if they wrote a whole new third verse, asthe 1988 one is kinda dated.
Anyway...
White
House
Blues.
I wrote a letter to my senator
It came back "
The
Address
Unknown"
Put a call in to the
President
He wouldn't come to the phone
Now, how in the hell can a person
Feel safe and secure at home
When all the decisions are being made
By big boys getting stoned?-
Chorus-
Now,
I've been listening and watching
It seems like something's going to give, yeah
I can't seem to find a groove
Something's gone wrong around here.
I took a train to the
White
House
Wrote this song on the way
Knocked at the
Oval
Office
I was sure what
I had to say
They looked at me kinda funny
Asked me what group
I was with
I said
I've come on my own
To represent the group that don't take no shit-
Chorus-(
Caroline's 3rd verse)
Hey,
Ronnie's taking time
We know that things ain't fine
Been sweating in your seat*
From the weapons scandal heat
You know that
I love my country
But how can we get ahead?
Take your thumb out of my pie
Stick it somewhere else instead(
The girls' 3rd verse, c.1988)
Now,
Jimmy
Swaggart is taking time
We know that things ain't fine
Been sweating in your seat*
From the sex scandal heat
Think of that woman down in
New
Orleans
And what was in your head
Did you think you could save her soul
By getting into her bed?-chorus x2-

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