The government’s spending our taxesOn god-awful weapons of warThat are killing some other mothers’ childrenLeft grieving on some distant shore. They’re buying up more ammunition,Missiles and bombers and drones,Bringing death and destruction to millions,Destroying their cities and homes. CHORUS: But this is no time to weep and to whine, Our grief is real as we spill our tears; And though times may seem…
We’re the Raging Grannies calling out from far and wide,Rising up together like a mighty ocean tide,To stop the wars and killing so we all can live and thrive,One human fam’ly strong. CHORUS: No more wars upon this planet! War’s a crime and it’s a racket! We must learn to live together as we reap what we have sown; …
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…
O, give us a home, where no predators roam,where no pilot-less, lethal planes fly where people are safe in their own living spaceand death doesn’t rain from the sky! Drones, drones in the skyWith the purpose of killing they flyAnd when their bombs hit off the target a bit,many innocent people do die Now killing’s a breeze when you’re safe…
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!…
You made us angry when you raised all those taxes on the poor;We were outraged when you authorized those pipelines;But you’ll really hear us roarIf you start another war.You’re a madman, and now you’ve pissed off grandma! You’re a bully and a thief, always lying through your teeth,And a pussy-grabber, too, there’s no denying;But you’ll really hear us roarIf you…
