special announcement

i'm saving up my money

to be president

i'm saving up my money

to be president

i can promise more berries

on blueberry hill

i can promise you this

charlie parker on the ten dollar bill

i'll gather up all the cash

toss it to the birds

burn down the stock exchange

the federal reserve

i'm saving up my money

to be president

i'm saving up my money

to be president

pleasing all the financiers

all the corporate goons

all the mobsters

eating lobsters in dim-lit rooms

i go down to arlington

open up the tombs

watch the spirits hover

like red balloons

i'm saving up my money

to be president

i'm saving up my money

to be president

how much does it cost

to love the rain?

to watch the multi-colored clouds

as they form a train?

but the people want glory

and the people won't wait

they wanna eat their enemies' hearts and brains

and lick the bloody plates

i'm saving up my money

to be president

i'm saving up my money

to be president

i'm saving up my money

to be president

i'm saving up my

to be president

i'm saving up my money

to be president

i'm saving up my

to be president

i'm gonna save up my money

to be president

i'm saving up my money

to be president

all my hard-earned money