The Presidents  By: Jonathan Coulton

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Duration:	4:09
Release Date:	4/28/2006  (Stavro Arrgolus)
Lyrics By:	Jonathan Coulton (Stavro Arrgolus)
Music By:	Jonathan Coulton (Stavro Arrgolus)
Produced By:	Jonathan Coulton (Stavro Arrgolus)
Released By:	Jonathan Coulton (Stavro Arrgolus)
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Following the 2008 election, renditions of the song were updated to "W's reign of terror's finally over; Obama is pretty excellent so far." (Stavro Arrgolus)

Garfield (the President, not the cat) was assassinated in 1881, not 82, so JoCo had to revise the lyrics a bit: The date was corrected in one line, so another was revised to "General Grant thought getting drunk was fun" to make it all fit. (Stavro Arrgolus)

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Washington came first and he was perfect John Adams kept us out of war with France Jefferson made a Louisiana Purchase In 1812 James Madison kicked the British in the pants James Monroe told Europe they could suck it John Quincy Adams looked just like his Dad Andrew Jackson got rid of all the Indians Van Buren served one term but he wasn't bad William Henry Harrison died early John Tyler annexed Texas from Mexico James K. Polk fought Mexico to keep it Taylor was a Mexican War hero Filmore gave a boat to Commodore Perry Pierce repealed the Missouri Compromise Buchanan saw the Civil War's beginnings Lincoln saved the Union, then he died Andrew Johnson just survived impeachment General Grant enjoyed a drink or two Rutherford B. Hayes ended reconstruction Garfield was assassinated in 1882 Arthur suspended Chinese immigration Cleveland made the railroad people squirm Harrison signed the Sherman Anti-Trust Act Grover Cleveland served another term McKinley kept the Spanish out of Cuba Roosevelt was handy with a gun Taft was big and fat and had a mustache Wilson kicked some ass in World War I Harding said let's laissez faire with business Coolidge made the roaring 20's roar Hoover screwed the pooch in the Great Depression Roosevelt beat the Nazis in the war Truman dropped the bomb on Hiroshima Eisenhower kept the commies well in hand Kennedy was killed by a magic bullet Johnson murdered kids in Vietnam Nixon was a sweating filthy liar Ford gave Nixon pardon for his crimes Carter lusted in his heart for peanuts Reagan won the Cold War and lost his mind George Bush senior poked at Saddam Hussein Clinton gave an intern a cigar W's legacy's a work in progress That is all the presidents so far In the year 2005 we're out of money Somewhere surely freedom's on the march I don't like to make political statements... (Stavro Arrgolus)

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