Chainsaw by Janet Jordan for the Raging Grannies of Olympia, Washington US To the tune Valparaiso In a Rowboat words & music by Zeke Hoskin & copyrighted Used by permission Chorus Chainsaw! Chainsaw! They’re taking it down! They’re taking it down. Because they hate the gummint They are taking it to the ground. And there’s never been a program To…
Mine eyes have seen the coming of American royalty Anointed by the Court Supreme with all immunity To prevent a presidential king, it’s up to you and me If Democracy goes marching on CHORUS: Power lust is never satisfied Billionaires, they want to rule our lives Pay low wages and jack up our living costs Enough! Demand your rights! I’ve…
Make America kind again! Save democracy! Teach our children truthfully: The truth will set us free! Let us be more welcoming! Let us be more kind! For out of many we are one With loving ties that bind! We can save our wondrous world From ignorance and greed, If all our hearts and hands unite To serve each other’s…
The last day of school and the children were fine,just itching to play in the summer sunshineBut then all went dark and the blood ran like wine And Republicans stand with the killer His battlefield gun, he took time to loadwith hollow-tipped rounds that make bodies explodeAnd what he was thinking, we never will know But Republicans stand with the…
Privatize (Tune of Baby Face) Originally by Barbra BartonMadison RGs. Rewrite by Lee StanfieldTucson RGs 040218 starting note: D above middle C Privatize! The Koch Bro-thers now want to corp‘-ra-tize our u-ni-ver-si-ties to spread their lies. So we must rise! We can’t let them win this! If they do then we can just kiss good-bye to all ves-ti-ges of…
Legislative mice Legislative mice See how they run! See how they run! They all run after the governor. Like him they are rotten down to the core. The Kochs have bought them off long before. Legislative mice for…
Unique and precious Is each boy and girl Every single one All around the world Some are normal Whatever that means But so many others Have much greater needs There was a place Known as Willowbrook A place of mis’ry Where we didn’t have to look Instead of school It’s where THOSE kids went But…
A B C D E F G Don’t you take my school from me Charters don’t take every kid But you fund them like they did No more bubbling standardized tests They don’t measure real progress Like rich kids I need the arts Modern labs would be a start Some of us have special needs, but All…
Hey, there, worried MomWant the very best for all your kids? Look, your local public school can give you all of that – Not private! Hey there, with your kids High-fees no criteria of excellence Private school doesn’t have the whole shebang! – not even the clothes they wear! Okay, you’re school shopping but let’s get real for once Don’t…
Everyone should get an educationMoney cannot be the measurement Nowhere can the brain receive a workout When you are flat broke Your cash is spent There’s no virtue in privatizing Our schools – Let’s make them good Even tho we still see ignorance around Our public schools can stand their ground Education must be free – This is a thing…
