“An Awkward Moment”

The Hill is reporting on the story of a subset of the Marine Corps band that struck up one of Mitt Romney’s walkout songs while President Obama was greeting visitors at the White House Independence Day celebration.  A White House pool report said the band struck up Rodney Atkins’s “It’s America,” and described it as an “awkward moment.”

This is what makes the President of the United States feel awkward:

Drivin’ down the street today,
I saw a sign for lemonade.
They were the cutest kids I’d ever seen in this front yard.
As they handed me my glass, smilin’ thinkin’ to myself,
Man, what a picture-perfect postcard this would make of America.
It’s a high school prom, it’s a Springsteen song, it’s a ride in a Chevrolet.
It’s a man on the moon and fireflies in June and kids sellin’ lemonade.
It’s cities and farms, it’s open arms, one nation under God,
It’s America.
Later on when I got home, I flipped the TV on.
I saw a little town that some big twister tore apart.
And people came from miles around just to help their neighbors out.
And I was thinkin’ to myself I’m so glad that I live in America.
It’s a high school prom, it’s a Springsteen song, it’s a ride in a Chevrolet.
It’s a man on the moon and fireflies in June and kids sellin’ lemonade.
It’s cities and farms, it’s open arms, one nation under God.
It’s America!
Now we might not always get it all right.
There’s no place else I’d rather build my life.
‘Cause it’s a kid with a chance, it’s a rock ‘n roll band It’s a farmer cuttin’ hay.
It’s a big flag flyin’ in a summer wind Over a fallen hero’s grave.
It’s a high school prom, it’s a Springsteen song It’s a welcome home parade, yeah.
It’s a man on the moon and fireflies in June and kids sellin’ lemonade.
It’s cities and farms, it’s open arms, one nation under God.
It’s America!
It’s America!