John F. Kennedy

I had a dream last night that troubled me Involving John F. Kennedy I got a drink of water, went back to bed I couldn't get it out of my head Lie-la-lie-la-lie-da-dee, Lie-la-lie-la-lie-da-dee I came down a flight of stairs And I saw him lying there An undertaker standing by He was naked and about to die As I gazed upon the face of death JFK took one last breath It was a desperate gasp that frightened me Anguished and unearthly Lie-la-lie-la-lie-da-dee, Goodbye John F. Kennedy I saw terror in his eyes As if he had realized He had lived somebody else's life And he was not prepared to die Lie-la-lie-la-lie-la-lie I believed it when my parents said One day you could be president The day I realized I was gay That dream went sailing far away I suppose I could have been But there was no one out back then I always wished that I was someone else Somebody greater than myself Someone adored by everyone For everything that I had done Always looking up from down below To people that I didn't even know Lie-la-lie-la-lie-da-dee, Lie-la-lie-la-lie-da-dee What if that dream was trying to say Something old was going away Something that was dear to me That it was gone and I was free Something that was defining me That it was gone and I was free Lie-la-lie-la-lie-da-dee, Lie-la-lie-la-lie-da-dee I had a dream last night that troubled me Involving John F. Kennedy