Sunday Song Lyric:

It’s no surprise that Pearl Jam has joined the anti-Bush bandwagon, as their politics have been clear for some time. But they also recorded the 1996 song, “Olympic Platinum,” written by Nick Didia, which seems an appropriate choice for this week’s lyric.

olympic dream, olympic dream…

if i could reach to the sky and touch it for my country

get some on my finger and take in its smell

the smell of victory, land of the free, olympic dream, olympic dream

olympic theme

my olympic dream

my promotion scheme

how hard can it be

how high can i jump

how high can i throw

how high can i run (i’m running very fast)

how long can i hold my breath and stay underwater

and wave my legs around in perfect unison with my partner who doesn’t really understand me

for my olympic dream, my olympic dream

i’ll be like dwight stone

i’ll be like bruce jenner

i’ll be like that girl who trained all her life as a distance runner and then tripped with a quarter mile to go

but i…i will get up and i will run

i will run with the georgia peach breeze and i…i will win

i will win my…my olympic dream

my olympic dream

the gold’s just not good enough

and i don’t even think of the bronze

i’m living my life for olympic platinum

olympic dream, my olympic theme

i’ll sing like whitney (sing like whitney)

my olympic dream

As for my Olympic dreams, medals for the U.S., Ehud Vaks, and the Iraqi soccer team.