Michael Friedman
Michael Friedman & Benjamin Walker
Michael Friedman & Justin Levine & Ben Steinfeld & Maria Elena Ramirez & Benjamin Walker
Michael Friedman & Benjamin Walker
Michael Friedman & & & Maria Elena Ramirez & Emily Young
Michael Friedman & Emily Young & & Kristian Nielsen & Jeff Hiller & & Bryce Pinkham
Michael Friedman & Benjamin Walker & James Barry
Michael Friedman & Maria Elena Ramirez
Michael Friedman & Benjamin Walker & James Barry
Michael Friedman & Emily Young & Maria Elena Ramirez & Lucas Near-Verbrugghe & Jeff Hiller & Greg Hildreth & Ben Steinfeld & Justin Levine & James Barry
Michael Friedman & Greg Hildreth & Ben Steinfeld & Benjamin Walker
Michael Friedman & Justin Levine
Michael Friedman & Benjamin Walker & Justin Levine
Here we see Jackson with his back against the wall: the groupies have all left, his popularity is plummeting, he can’t connect with the people who got him to the White House to begin with, and he can’t work together with Congress or the courts for the life of him. So, in a fit of pique, he acts out...
[JACKSON]
When it stops being fun, and your patience is done
And you see being President’s hard
With this country before you that cannot be governed
You find yourself powerless, bloody and scarred
And what is it for? The love of a people!
And who is it for? This nation we made!
That guy who did everything his way, where has he gone?
So tonight I’ll sing the saddest songs
To everyone that I’ve done wrong
And if you don’t know how to sing along
I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry but the band plays on
Jeremiah looked down on the people of Judah
And told them their future was bloody and cursed
When I think of the conflict and the change that awaits us
It’s gonna be hard, but this country comes first
[BAND]
Revolutions will come to you, swift if you let them
The nation united cannot be undone
Adams, Jefferson, Washington, Monroe and Madison
Started a war, but it’s hardly begun
[JACKSON]
So we’ll ruin the bank, and we’ll cripple the courts
And we’ll take on the world for America’s sake
And we’ll take all the land, and we’ll take back the country
And we’ll take, and we’ll take, and we’ll take and we’ll take
And this country I’m making cannot be divided!
The will of the people won’t stand in my way!
How can I tell you how deeply I’ll make them all bleed?
And so I’ll sing the saddest songs
Of enemies who did me wrong
And the war will go on and on and on
And on and on and on as long as we need!
The Saddest Song was written by Michael Friedman.
The Saddest Song was produced by Dean Sharenow & Kurt Deutsch.
Michael Friedman released The Saddest Song on Tue Sep 21 2010.