The great Randy Newman wrote many songs where he would skewer some ludicrous belief by taking on the voice of the person believing that nonsense.  Songs like Sail Away, God’s Song, Political Science and most famously, Short People. At least that’s what he did a lot of before he became the go-to guy for songs for Pixar films.  Well, okay, it did get him the recognition and presumably the money that eluded him for so long. Two Academy Awards (20 nominations!), 3 Emmys, 5 Grammys.

But if Randy Newman you know and love is the one from that string of great albums in the 70s, then you’ll be pleased to know that that Randy Newman is back with a new song, I’m Dreaming.   You can watch the video for it on Youtube.  You can download an MP3 of the song for free (legally).

The lyrics are worth repeating:

George Washington was a white man
Adams and Jefferson too
Abe Lincoln was a white man, probably
And William McKinley the whitest of them all
Shot down by an immigrant in Buffalo
And a star fell out of heaven

I’m dreaming of a white President
Just like the ones we’ve always had
A real live white man
Who knows the score
How to handle money or start a war
Wouldn’t even have to tell me what we were fighting for
He’d be the right man
If he were a (everybody)

I’m dreaming of a white President
Someone whom we can understand
Someone who knows where we’re coming from
And that the law of the jungle is not the law of this land

In deepest darkest Africa nineteen three
A little boy says, “Daddy, I just discovered relativity.
A big eclipse is coming
And I’ll prove it. Wait and see!”

“You better eclipse yourself outta here, son
Find yourself a tree
There’s a lion in the front yard
He knows he won’t catch me.”

How many little Albert Einsteins
Cut down in their prime?
How many little Ronald Reagans
Gobbled up before their time?

I don’t believe in evolution
But it does occur to me,
What if little William Howard Taft had to face a lion
Or God forbid, climb a tree?
Where would this country be?

I’m dreaming …
Buh buh buh buh
‘Cause things have never been this bad
So he won’t run the hundred in ten seconds flat
So he won’t have a pretty jump shot
Or be an Olympic acrobat
So he won’t know much about global warming
Is that really where you’re at?
He won’t be the brightest, perhaps
But he’ll be the whitest
And I’ll vote for that

Whiter than this?
Yes
Whiter than this?
Yes
Whiter than this?
Yes
Whiter than this?
Oh yeah