LANL is building more atom bombsgonna lead to annihilationThe people say NO! ’cause the people know that the bombs are an abominationIt’s against the law; United Nations law; nukes have been outlawed; they are against the lawThey poison our water, poison the airwith plutonium radiation “Safety” they vowed, but they lied, so now we’re demanding a complete cessationCease and desist!…
CHORUS: We’re gonna rise, we’re gonna rise, For workplace safety now! We’re gonna rise, we’re gonna rise, For Fifteen and a Union now! Oh, we rise today in Durham and we’re singing loud and strong’Cause the conditions at McDonald’s are unsafe and they’re all wrong.And this fight for a safe workplace has gone on for far too long…So…
Another Saturday night and I’m too scared to go out thanks to the pay-offs from the NRA. They’ve bought off Congress to allow more gun sales so anyone can blow us a-way! ANYTIME! What we need are some common sense gun laws Let’s treat guns like we do cars right now. Reg-is-tra-tion… lic-en-sing with tests and proof of insurance… THAT’S…
Our nation has people in desperate straits. It’s high time we care for the United States for we are the people we must liberate. End corporate rule for our grandchildren’s sake! …
A police dog was after Corey Elias was running away Poor Rodney just sat in his ca-ar All threatening so-o they say Chorus: Hands Up, Hands Up Hands Up and they won’t shoot May-be (spoken) Hands Up, Hands Up Hands Up and you can breathe May-be (spoken) Do you always stand up for the anthem? Or like Colin, do you…
Puff the Magic Dragon no longer has a home, Through the streets of Rochester he must sadly roam, He lived in the subway tunnel ‘til developers bought the land Moved to the courthouse garage but Maggie locked him out. He tried the shelter system and fled all full of fright This fire-breather felt more safe in a tent…
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…
This is a re-write of one of my older songs. Originally written for Veterans For Peace as The War Economy, it now addresses the four prongs of the Poor People’s Campaign: systemic racism, systemic poverty, the war economy, and ecological devastation. We’re rising up in [Raleigh] now and joining the campaign, A task that wasn’t finished when the Rev’rend King…
[We sang this song on opening day of the North Carolina Legislature’s Special Session, when its extreme right wing, which holds a veto-proof majority, once again failed to draw new maps to undo what the Supreme Court declared to be their unconstitutional gerrymandering of our election districts.] CHORUS: Gerry… Gerrymand’ring! A dirty rotten scheme. Today’s the day our legislators…
[This is an update of a song we’ve used before. This Labor Day in the U.S., workers are calling for a $15 minimum wage and the right to form a union.] We raise our voices now in song, on Labor Day, ’Cause with the Unions we belong, on Labor Day. Living wages for everyone, A place at the table,…
