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 Remember Where I Was That Day, I Was Upstate In A Bar the Team From The University Was Playing Football On Tv then The Screen Want Dead And The Announcer Said ' There's Been A Tragedy there's Are Unconfirmed Reports The President's Been Shot and He May Be Dead Or Dying.' talking Stopped, Someone Shouted ' What! ' i Ran Out To The Street people Were Gathered Everywhere Saying ' Did You Hear What They Said On Tv ' and Then A Guy In A Porsche With His Radio hit His Born And Told Us The News he Said ' The President's Dead, He Was Shot Twice In The Head in Dallas, And They Don't Know By Whom. ' i Dreamed I Was The President Of These United States 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 i Dreamed That I Could Somehow Comprehend That Someone shot Him In The Face oh The Day John Kennedy Died