Play It Again, Jimmy Lyrics

In a dream I met Jimmy Carter

And asked him of his life

He said I've spent / 70 some years

With the most amazing wife

I came from Plains / in the day

When farming was the way

To earn a living; honestly

Selling peanuts on the street

Selling boiled peanuts on the street

My mother set good precedent

During the years of segregation

Lillian provided medical care

To African American women

After graduating from the academy

I served on submarines

When my father died, came back home

To continue the family's dreams

It wasn't so easy at it seems

And I, pursued other dreams

Supporting civil rights and

Opposing voter fraud

To the Georgia Senate, I was elected

Was that the will of God?

And while I was the Governor

There was Watergate

Being outside of Washington

I held onto a clean slate

As a dark horse I ran for President

This wasn't the time to be hesitant

And I admitted adultery in my heart

Maybe honesty, helped win the part

First thing to do was

Pardon the draft resistors

From the Vietnam war ordeal

So our country could heal

Invited Sadat and Begin

To remove accusations and lies

There was a handshake that shook the world

Received the Nobel Peace Prize

Oh, play it again now Jimmy

Make us all feel proud

Like the days, before politics

Turned us into an angry crowd

Yes, we did our best

To correct the world's wrongs

Like giving back to Panama

The canal to whom it belonged

But the Iran hostage crisis

Led to my darkest nights

And though we failed, / in the end

They all came home alive

When the Russians invaded Afghanistan

It was time to take a firm stand

So, we sat out of the Olympics

And brought detente to an end

Oh, Play it again now Jimmy

Supporting world peace

From Palestine to Cuba

The feuding has got to cease

Many don't know you're a real hero

You climbed into a reactor at ground zero

Just after a partial meltdown

Had it blown, your body wouldn't be found

Oh, play it again now Jimmy

We hope that you're at peace

From Alaska, to Georgia

Our fighting has got to cease