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written by Brian Woodbury, Elma Mayer, Tom Rettig, Steve Knopoff & Steve Christian
lyrics
God made everything
He made everyone stop talking when they got too loud
Tickled their tongue when they got too proud
God does everything you need
He makes the trees go up and down
Who makes the seasons ring?
Just by waving his hands
Everything goes the way He wants
Just the way He plans
The President he's just a man
Plenty of food and plenty of phones
Maybe there be a nuclear war
He should know
I guess you had to be there
The telephone rings so much you don't need anything more
God has everything -- the whole world -- in His hands
It's a complicated situation
Rankles experts
Bamboozles authorities
The President is just a man and everybody else is just a man
And God has everything, the whole world -- in His hands
Now we're gonna hear the President talk
Clap your hands
Except God does everything,
He does everything the President say
Works by night and cleans by day
Maybe there be a nuclear war
Now we're gonna hear the President talk
He say:
(Say it!)
(Say it again!)
(Spell it!)
Maybe there be a nuclear war__
Some people just won't have
Gotta make a fuss about it, convince everybody else,
and force all the others.
Otherwise God wouldn't have made everything
(He's so nice!)
Now we're gonna hear the President
California to New York
He is talkin' doves and eagles now
He is thinkin' like a hawk
He is thinkin' Marx and Engels
And he is thinkin' nineteen forty one
Now we're gonna hear him talk
Now we're gonna hear the President talk
Don't listen what he says
He's forgot his fake book lyrics
Hey, take a tip from Mr. Les
He is talking without listening
He is seeing, not beholding
The President is not the Pres.
Now we're gonna see the President stumble
to show he's not blind
Don't know what he's getting into
He just don't want to get behind
If he goes, we won't go with him
And if we talks and we don't listen,
the President will change his mind.
credits
from Some Philharmonic,
released June 20, 1983
vocals Elma Mayer, Carmen Borgia, Victor Zupanc, Brian Woodbury, Tom Rettig, John Goss, Joe Moe; bass Brian Woodbury, Brazilian percussion ensemble Steve Christian,
guitar Tom Rettig, steel drum Deane Rettig, panpipes Brian Woodbury & Elma Mayer, sax Chris Klich, trombone Steve Knopoff
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