Re-gister nowRe-gister nowSave the worldSave the worldKeep fools out of pow-erWe need you in this ho-urYour vote counts Your vote counts You are the fu-tureYou are the fu-tureIt’s in your handsIt’s in your handsDon’t look back with re-gretIt’s no-ot too late yetYour vote countsYour vote counts
If you want to have a say,Re-gis-ter to vote today.Show up at your poll-ing placeTo cast your bal-lot in the race. Chorus: You don’t like ’em, VOTE ‘EM OUT!They don’t listen, VOTE ‘EM OUT!They’re on our side, vote ‘em in!That gives ALL of us a win. Vo-ting keeps our de-mo-cracy strong.If you don’t heed our lit-tle song,It’s your fault when…
We have to get our voters out to the pollsWe have to get our voters out to the pollsWe have to get our voters out to the pollsAnd win our Congress back We need to reshape boundaries everywhereWe need to reshape boundaries everywhereWe need to reshape boundaries everywhereAnd win our Congress back We have to keep fundraising honest and fairWe…
v.1Take us out of this nightmareCan’t we all vote again?What has become of De-mo-cra-cy?Walls and Bans and de-bau..-ch-ery v.2 (same tune as v.1)Oh – it’s…Time for ā Rev-o-lu-tionTime to march in the streetsTime to get Congress to grow a pairTime to impe..ach the one with the hair Chorus: Until then, we keep on singingCalling them out on their liesFor we…
Have you heard the awful news?Voting rights are bein’ abused.The House has passed Bill HR 1But all their work is bein’ undone.This bill to keep our voting fairIsn’t going anywhere…For the People we all say: “Senate: Don’t stand in our way!”Stand together, everyone;And demand the passage of SB1. It’s called the ‘For the People Act’Passed in the House now two years back,But…
In seventeen seventy-six American persons were white men. Their wives were their possessions. Women had no standing then. They couldn’t vote, own property. Their lives their husbands ran. Till brave women thought they’d better take this thing in hand. CHORUS: Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Ida B. Wells, and Lucy Stone Names th-at should be sung. They gave…
[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…
Though it would be best, if Obama’s chestBore a big red “S”–Go out and vote! Though you’re full of doubt, though you’re not devout Don’t stay home and pout–Go out and vote! We all know from the latest op-ed, our democracy hangs by a thread It won’t help if you take to your bed while they gloat. Though the times are tough, if you’re…
Corporate persons have the right to vote.Campaign contributions make them gloat. Thanks to the Supreme Court, Elections can be bought. That’s the cost Of what we lost. CHORUS: Living breathing human persons Are the ones who ought to vote. Votes are now commodities On the free market. Corporate persons claim rights to free speech. Their free speech takes ours out…
