songs for the season

"I dreamed I was the president of these United States ■ I dreamed I replaced ignorance, stupidity and hate ■ I dreamed the perfect union and a perfect law, undenied ■ And most of all I dreamed I forgot the day John Kennedy died ■ I dreamed that I could do the job, that others hadn't done ■ I dreamed that I was uncorrupt and fair to everyone ■ I dreamed I wasn't gross or base, a criminal on the take ■ And most of all I dreamed I forgot the day John Kennedy died ■ Oh the day John Kennedy died ■ I dreamed I was young and smart and it was not a waste ■ I dreamed that there was a point to life and to the human race"

Lou Reed, The day John Kennedy died (The Blue Mask, 1982)