That Was The President Lyrics - Phil Ochs

Oh, the bullets of the false revenge have struck us once again 

As the angry seas have struck upon the sand 

And it seemed as though a friendless world had lost itself a friend 

That was the President and that was the man 

Oh, I still can see him smiling there and waving at the crowd 

As he drove through the music of the band 

And never even knowing no more time would be allowed 

Not for the President and not for the man 

Here's a memory to share, here's a memory to save 

Of the sudden early ending of command 

Yet a part of you and a part of me is buried in his grave 

That was the President and that was the man 

It's not only for the leader that the sorrow hits so hard 

There are greater things I'll never understand 

How a man so filled with life, even death was caught off guard 

That was the President and that was the man 

Every thing he might have done and all he could have been 

Was proven by the troubled traitors hand 

For what other death could wound the hearts of so many men 

That was the President and that was the man 

Yes, the glory that was Lincoln's never died when he was slain 

It's been carried over time and time again 

And to the list of honor you may add another name 

That was the President and that was the man 

That was the President and that was the man