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…
We played by the rules and we voted,But now we are royally pissed,Because some guy named Jefferson GriffinHas put our names down on his list. He thought he could rig his election By concocting some idiot scheme Disenfranchising thousands of voters By changing the rules in midstream. CHORUS #1: But you know, and we know Democracy doesn’t work that way.…
Filmed October 2022 The Raging Granny Can CanLyrics by Sulima Malzin Here we come the Raging GranniesGot up off our fanniesJust because we can can can can can (5x) (kicking) And so can you.If you walk toward troubleBurst out of your bubbleYou can help us KickOut KickOut KickOut KickOut (4x) Sleazy weasels in high placesIn the mid-term racesWe can vote…
Filmed October 2022 ARE YOU VOTING THIS TIME?Lyrics by River Montijo, ukulele by Cindy Workman Are you voting this time?Are you voting this time?Are you sorry you skipped it before? With a Court that’s unfit,And a Congress that’s splitWe can’t get our foot in the door. Will you stand for the rightsOf your sisters out there?Would you like our environment…
You’ve got to change your evil ways, Congress,Or the people will stop voting for you. Remember you work for us, Congress,Not for the money that is backing you.You had us voting, donating, text-banking for you.You got elected with your talking but you never come through.This can’t go on…..Lord knows, you’ve got to change. We want the “For the People Act”, Senate.We want the money out…
No one should be disenfranchised because of where they live, the color of their skin or their income. But we have witnessed a strategic and sustained effort by the President and his political allies to suppress the vote and undermine our electoral process – all with the intention of illegally maintaining power and subverting the will of the people. But…
The Portland Raging Grannies sing about getting out to vote, and being thoughtful about choosing the candidate.
