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| Writer = [[Rivers Cuomo]], [[Pat Wilson]] | | Writer = [[Rivers Cuomo]], [[Pat Wilson]] | ||
| Status = Released | | Status = Released | ||
| Producer = | | Producer = | ||
| Album = Patrick & Rivers | | Album = Patrick & Rivers | ||
| Album type = demo | | Album type = demo | ||
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"'''El Presidente'''" (also known as "'''The President of the United States'''" and "'''The President of the United Flakes of America'''") is a [[Rivers Cuomo]] and [[Patrick Wilson]] demo. | "'''El Presidente'''" (also known as "'''The President of the United States'''" and "'''The President of the United Flakes of America'''") is a [[Rivers Cuomo]] and [[Patrick Wilson]] demo. | ||
===Appearances=== | |||
*Leaked online | |||
*''[[Patrick & Rivers]]'' (2020) | |||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
"El Presidente" is a song written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] that was in contention for release on their album ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]'', though ultimately scrapped. It surfaced in November 2017 in the form of a 2012 demo featuring Rivers and Pat Wilson. It was officially released as part of the compilation [[Patrick & Rivers]] through Cuomo's store. | "El Presidente" is a song written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] that was in contention for release on their album ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]'', though ultimately scrapped. It surfaced in November 2017 in the form of a 2012{{Citation needed}} demo featuring Rivers and Pat Wilson. It was officially released as part of the compilation [[Patrick & Rivers]] through Cuomo's store. | ||
==Known recordings== | |||
{{Known recordings header}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|President of the United Flakes|President Of The United Flakes.mp3|?||3:17|''[[Patrick & Rivers]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|President of the United Flakes of America|President Of The United Flakes of Am.mp3|?||3:17|''[[Patrick & Rivers]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|President of the United States|President of The United States.mp3|?||3:17|''[[Patrick & Rivers]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|El Presidente|El Presidente 5.mp3|?||3:17| | |||
*Leaked online | |||
*''[[Patrick & Rivers]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|El Presidente|El Presidente 6.mp3|?||3:13|''[[Patrick & Rivers]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings footer}} | |||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
=== | {{Lyric box| | ||
==="President of the United Flakes of America"=== | |||
<poem>People wanna Jazzercise | <poem>People wanna Jazzercise | ||
With their uninteresting lives | With their uninteresting lives | ||
But they need someone to show them how | But they need someone to show them how | ||
I | I'm a natural lunatic | ||
It was natural that | It was natural that they'd pick | ||
Me to lead them to the promised land | |||
I'm the president of the United Flakes (of America) | |||
I'm the president of the United Flakes (woo-hoo) | |||
Dancing on the Porta-Johns | Dancing on the Porta-Johns | ||
Dancing in the Redding swamp | |||
With my flowing long blond hair | With my flowing long blond hair | ||
Someday I may go too far | Someday I may go too far | ||
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There's so much pressure to be weird | There's so much pressure to be weird | ||
I'm the president of the United Flakes (of America) | |||
I'm the president of the United Flakes (woo-hoo) | |||
Hope | Hope her face is healing up | ||
Just a couple surface cuts | Just a couple surface cuts | ||
Dropped a cooler on | Dropped a cooler on her head | ||
Hopefully | Hopefully she isn't dead | ||
That was stupid as it gets | That was stupid as it gets | ||
Worth a hearty "what the heck | Worth a hearty "what the heck" | ||
Throwing garbage on the fans | Throwing garbage on the fans | ||
Hopefully they'll understand | Hopefully they'll understand | ||
</poem> | |||
}}{{Lyric box| | |||
===El Presidente (ver. 6)=== | |||
=== El Presidente 6 === | |||
<poem>People want some Jazzercise | <poem>People want some Jazzercise | ||
In their uninteresting lives | In their uninteresting lives | ||
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Come with me to the promised land | Come with me to the promised land | ||
''Soy el presidente de los Estados Unidos'' (''de America!'') | |||
''Soy el presidente de los Estados Unidos'' (woo-hoo) | |||
Dancing on the Porta-Johns | |||
Swimming in New Orleans swamps | |||
With my flowing long blond hair | |||
Someday I may go too far | |||
I'm someone with my guitar | |||
There's so much pressure to be weird | |||
''Soy el presidente de los Estados Unidos'' (''de America!'') | |||
''Soy el presidente de los Estados Unidos'' (''de America!'') | |||
Hope her face is healing up | Hope her face is healing up | ||
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Hopefully she isn't dead | Hopefully she isn't dead | ||
That was stupid as it gets | That was stupid as it gets | ||
Worth a hearty "what the heck | Worth a hearty "what the heck" | ||
Throwing garbage on the fans | Throwing garbage on the fans | ||
Hopefully they'll understand | Hopefully they'll understand | ||
''Soy el presidente de los Estados Unidos'' (''de America!'') | |||
</poem> | ''Soy el presidente de los Estados Unidos'' (''de America!'') | ||
</poem>}} | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[List of | *[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | ||
[[Category: | *[[List of Patrick Wilson songs]] | ||
[[Category: Rivers Cuomo songs]] | |||
[[Category:Patrick Wilson]] | |||
[[Category:Cuomo-Wilson collaborations]] | [[Category:Cuomo-Wilson collaborations]] | ||