Check out the Portland Raging Grannies Song Team tearing it up at the Holiday Festival in Pioneer Courthouse Square!
Well, the climate is a-changin’And the Earth is gettin’ hot,We’ve got drought and wild fires, and even more;We’ve got climate refugees,And the rising of the seas,But the worst threat of all is: we’ve got war. The military’s planted landminesWhere the flowers used to grow;They’ve sprayed napalm, agent orange, poison gasses.And their greatest contributionsTo the Earth’s toxic pollutionAre the chemical weapons…
From the sand dunes down in south Iraqto the wild Alaskan seas,we have trashed the earth to pump the oiljust to fuel our SUV’sWe have overthrown democraciesto exploit their oil reservesIntervened in sovereign nation-states‘cause it’s Big Oil that we serve Mega-profits go to Texaco,to BP and Exxon, tooHalliburton, Shell and ConocoBut the cost is paid by youMany lives and many…
Where the hell does all this damnable CO2 come from,that is dealing our earth such a blow?Well, a lot of it comes from our acts of aggressionagainst countries we name as our foes We must honor our earth, and its inhabitantsWe must venerate all things aliveStop demolishing our planet in the name of our “defense”Let living things flourish and thrive!…
Daisy, Daisy, Marry me – say “I do”. We’ll make our get-away On a bicycle built for two. For ev-e-ry mile we don’t drive, We help to make our Earth thrive.We’ll take a hike; we’ll ride a bike! Our en-vir-on-ment will love you! Michael, Michael, I have a diff’rent plan.Let’s get an electric car; Then you will be my man!We…
Congress … we need you to re-a-lize (“congress” quick & punchy each time)We said, Congress, plee-eze open your eyesWe said, Congress, all the seas will soon riseAnd massive fi-res will be raaa-ging White House … there is no time to spare (“White House” quick & punchy each time)We said, White House, we all breathe the same airWe said, White House,…
Do the first line of each verse as a Call and Response to involve the audience (1) When C-O-2…..has been reducedWhen C-O-2 has been reduced Oh, how I want to be in that number,When C-O-2 has been reduced Variations:(2) When climate change…has been reversed (3) When we all love….our Mother Earth (4) When climate is….still safe for all (5) When…
v. 1 This climate’s yoursThis climate’s mineAcross all bound’riesAnd border linesIn any weatherWe work togetherThis climate depends on you and me. v.2 As I go walkingThe halls of CongressAt times it seemsCompletely hopelessThe fossil lobbyHas so much money(Still) we know it depends on you and me. v.3 But the sun keeps shiningAnd the winds keep blowingAnd Green New Deal foesWe…
If you want to save our planet, clap your hands.If you want to save our planet, clap your hands.It gets warmer every minute, so it’s time we all begin it.If you want to save our planet, clap your hands. If you want The Green New De-al, clap your hands.If you want The Green New De-al, clap your hands.If you get…
Look what they’ve do-one to our Ea-rth, friends! Look what they’ve do-one to our Ea-rth, friends! The only home that we have got and they’re makin’ it hotter than hot, friends! Look what they’ve done to Mother Earth. Look what they’ve do-one to our a-i-r, folks. Look what they’ve do-one to our so-i-l, folks. And when the wa-ter is…