‘Til the Workers Win the Day (2017)
[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,...
View ArticleWe’re Gonna Rise!
[This is another one of our older songs that’s been re-worked for Labor Day in the U.S. 2017.] CHORUS: We’re gonna rise, we’re gonna rise, For Fifteen and a Union now! We’re gonna rise,...
View ArticleGun Reform
Too many dying / and families crying, We need to rein in the guns and do it Now! Now! Now! We’re gonna build a better future And we’re gonna start right now. We all bewail / those gun show sales. We...
View ArticleGerrymand’ring
[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...
View ArticleHigh Crimes and Misdemeanors (Impeach Trump)
Cheat and scam to get elected then you profit off the presidency And collude with enemies Plain to see: High crimes and misdemeanors! Violate our Constitution abuse your power, cover up your crimes...
View ArticleStop Gun Violence
Orlando and Columbine, Las Vegas, Sandy Hook, Aurora and Virginia Technic, too Blood and tears just keep on flowing NRA just keeps on growing! Tell me, what exactly are we going to do? Thoughts and...
View ArticleSafety for Women
Every woman should be safe, safe from torture and from rape, safe from every form of cruelty by males Every mother, sister, wife has a right to a peaceful life Men who don’t respect that right should...
View ArticleSenate Bill 65
Grab your pen and sign your name to a bill by Elizabeth Warren Require that Trump divest to resolve conflict of interest! Keep out foreign bribery, no more pay from other nations Constitution states:...
View ArticleA Carol for Fair Taxation
We’ve come to [Raleigh] in cold weather, Grannies rising up in song, To tell Thom Tillis all together: This new tax bill is all wrong! The working poor will pay the cost For deductions they have lost…....
View ArticleThe Year That’s Yet To Be
This song was written for the 2017 New Years Eve Gathering in Raleigh, NC, of the Repairers of the Breach New Poor People’s Campaign. The theme for the night was “Hope: We won’t give up on love and...
View ArticleGun Reform – After Parkland
Gun Reform (After Parkland) Too many dying / and families crying, We need to rein in the guns and do it Now! Now! Now! We’re gonna build a better future And we’re gonna start right now. We all bewail /...
View ArticleThis Plague of Guns – After Parkland
Allison, James, and sweet Daniel, Josephine and Avielle, Ana, Charlotte, Catherine, Grace, And Dylan, Emelie, and Chase. Now Chris and Luke, Alyssa, too, Carmen, Nicholas and Jack, Alaina, Cara, Jaime,...
View ArticleWe Call BS
We call BS, We call BS On DC, On DC Congress must do something, Congress must do something Gun safety, gun safety NRA wants NRA wants Wimpy rules, wimpy rules Students say to Congress, Students say to...
View ArticleLaws Have Got to Change
Laws have got to cha-a-ange Laws have got to cha-a-ange And the change must start, today-a-a-ay O–oh We won’t stand down, or go away Change has got to start today Austral-IA cracked dow-ow-own...
View ArticleEnd Gun Violence Now
Change the gun laws, that’s our plea End gun violence now Assault weapons we don’t need No no way no how With a weapon here and a weapon there Here a gun, there a gun, everywhere a killing gun Change...
View ArticleHow Much for that Weapon?
How much for that weapon in the window Oh what is the price to be paid…. How much for that weapon in the window How many new graves will be made How much do we care about our children And will we put...
View ArticleTell the NRA
It’s time to tell the NRA you cannot stop us now We’re telling you we’ll march and fight, We WILL no longer bow The students have walked out of class, The staff and teachers too Support them yes we do...
View ArticleVisa’s Got to Change
Visa’s got to cha-a-ange, Visa’s got to cha-a-ange And the change must start toda-a-a-ay O—Oh We won’t stand down, or go away Visa’s got to change, today Visa must crack dow- ow – own, Visa must crack...
View ArticleOld Man Santo Had a Farm
Old Man Santo had a farm & he grew GMOs And on that farm he spoiled the earth, cuz he grew GMOs Well they wound up here & they wound up there Super bugs, super weeds; blowing havoc through the...
View ArticleTreaty People Too
Our eyes have seen the story of a past that we deplore A chapter in our history that we simply can’t ignore Our treatment of First Nations can’t continue any more Our relationship must heal. Sing for...
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