On the second day of taxes
my government said to me,
Clean drinking water, and
for Schools, Police and Fire Protection.

On the third day of taxes
my government said to me,
Food that’s safe to eat,
Clean drinking water, and
for Schools, Police and Fire Protection.

On the fourth day of taxes
my government said to me,
Emergency health workers,
Food that’s safe to eat,
Clean drinking water, and
for Schools, Police and Fire Protection.

On the fifth day of taxes
my government said to me,
Clean air to breathe,
Emergency health workers,
Food that’s safe to eat,
Clean drinking water, and
for Schools, Police and Fire Protection.

On the sixth day of taxes
my government said to me,
Good roads to drive on,
Clean air to breathe,
Emergency health workers,
Food that’s safe to eat,
Clean drinking water, and
for Schools, Police and Fire Protection.

On the seventh day of taxes
my government said to me,
Sewers to take waste,
Good roads to drive on,
Clean air to breathe,
Emergency health workers,
Food that’s safe to eat,
Clean drinking water, and
for Schools, Police and Fire Protection.

On the eighth day of taxes
my government said to me,
Prisons to hold felons,
Sewers to take waste,
Good roads to drive on,
Clean air to breathe,
Emergency health workers,
Food that’s safe to eat,
Clean drinking water, and
for Schools, Police and Fire Protection.

On the ninth day of taxes
my government said to me,
Parks for play and picnics,
Prisons to hold felons,
Sewers to take waste,
Good roads to drive on,
Clean air to breathe,
Emergency health workers,
Food that’s safe to eat,
Clean drinking water, and
for Schools, Police and Fire Protection.

On the tenth day of taxes
my government said to me,
Libraries for all,
Parks for play and picnics,
Prisons to hold felons,
Sewers to take waste,
Good roads to drive on,
Clean air to breathe,
Emergency health workers,
Food that’s safe to eat,
Clean drinking water, and
for Schools, Police and Fire Protection.

On the eleventh day of taxes
my government said to me,
Health care for our elders,
Libraries for all,
Parks for play and picnics,
Prisons to hold felons,
Sewers to take waste,
Good roads to drive on,
Clean air to breathe,
Emergency health workers,
Food that’s safe to eat,
Clean drinking water, and
for Schools, Police and Fire Protection.

On the twelfth day of taxes
my government said to me,
Help for our veterans,
Health care for our elders,
Libraries for all,
Parks for play and picnics,
Prisons to hold felons,
Sewers to take waste,
Good roads to drive on,
Clean air to breathe,
Emergency health workers,
Food that’s safe to eat,
Clean drinking water, and
for Schools, Police and Fire Protection.

Mean lots of money in the bank

For KBR and Boeing too

Who foots the bill?

It’s me and you

Even if they replace tanks

Those for peace cannot give thanks

A company called ITT

Makes unmanned drones for you and me.

Every drone costs thirteen mil

A “safer way” they say, to kill!

Americans, not in harm’s way

But Pakistanis die each day.

Drones over Afghanistan

Kill many women, kids, and men

Controlled from half a world away

They stalk people at work and play.

Thirteen million dollars, wow!

We could use that dough right now

 For teachers here and nurses there

And for green jobs everywhere.

What a shame if you can’t pay your rent

You’re on the street now, who the hell cares

It ain’t no secret, we’re not gonna share!

Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah, war is so great

We love living in a fascist state

Sign up now, before it’s too late

We’ll fill the world with violence and hate!

Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah, you ain’t got no rights

We’ll stop and frisk you, you better not fight

Empty your pockets, and show us the weed

Didn’t you know, we’ve got prisons to feed!

Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah, yum yum pepper spray

It’s just a condiment, as Fox would say

Better not protest, or you’ll find out why

We love it so much when it’s in your eyes!

Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah, greedy are we

Mean and small minded is how we want to be

Helping the needy is so yesterday

We don’t give a crap so, just go away!

Fa la la la la, la la la la.

We saved you from a Wall Street crash,

Fa la la la la, la la la la.

Rich folks don your best apparel,

Fa la la la la, la la la la.

If you’re poor come in a barrel,

Fa la la la la, la la la la.

All you rich get more before us,

Fa la la la la, la la la la.

Jobless go to soup line chorus,

Fa la la la la, la la la la.

We observe your merry pleasure,

Fa la la, la la la , la la la.

Celebrate your stolen treasure,

Fa la la la la, la la la la.

Deck our Liber-ty Park with cheer

Fa la la la la, la la la la.

Occupy Wall Street stays here!

Fa la la la la, la la la la.

Here’s where good ideas reside,

Fa la la, la la la, la la la.

Occupy Wall Street’s worldwide!

Fa la la la la, la la la la.

Good news! # # Occupy Wall Street’s a-coming!

Good news! # # Occupy Wall Street’s a-coming!

And you don’t want us to leave you behind!

     If you can’t pay mortgage, student loan or rent

     Welcome to the ninety-nine percent!

Don’t you want to know where all the money went?

     You don’t want us to leave you behind!

Good news! # # Occupy Wall Street’s a-coming!

                  (sing  3 times)

And you don’t want us to leave you behind!

     If you’re a p’lice officer facing pension cuts

Are you sure we’re the ones who you want to lock up?

Why not arrest corporate criminals stealin’ our bucks?

     You don’t want us to leave you behind!

Good news! # # Occupy Wall Street’s a-coming!

       (sing  3 times)

And you don’t want us to leave you behind!

If you like to breathe the air and drink water too,

     Occupy Wall Street is the place for you!?

Stop the toxic corporate greed and let the earth renew!

     You don’t want us to leave you behind!

Good news! # # Occupy Everywhere’s  a-coming!

        (sing  3 times)

And you don’t want us to leave you behind!

with the greedy parasite,

Who would lash us into serfdom

and would crush us with his might?

Is there anything left to us

but to organize and fight?

Occupy Wall Street makes us strong!

Solidarity forever, Solidarity forever,

Solidarity forever,

Occupy Wall Street makes us strong!

They have taken untold millions

that they never toiled to earn,

But without our brain and muscle

not a single wheel can turn.

We can break their haughty power,

gain our freedom when we learn

Occupy Wall Street makes us strong!

Solidarity forever, Solidarity forever,

Solidarity forever,

Occupy Wall Street makes us strong!

In our hands is placed a power

greater than their hoarded gold,

Greater than the might of armies,

magnified a thousand-fold.

We can bring to birth a new world

from the ashes of the old

Occupy Wall Street makes us strong!

Solidarity forever, Solidarity forever,

Solidarity forever,

Occupy Wall Street makes us strong!

Occupy Everywhere  makes  us strong!

To feed the poor and end the wars,

With the most urgent speed.

Bloomberg threw us out,

But let there be no doubt

Zuccotti Park was just the jolt,

To start this world revolt!

(chorus)

College costs, student loans, no jobs anywhere.

People’s Mike to one percent:

“You know it isn’t fair!”

Twinkle fingers say it’s time,

all our wealth to share

Let’s spend it on

education, housing, and healthcare.

Ninety-nine percent,

It’s almost everyone.

Let’s work together and we’ll see

How much we can get done

Fair economy,

Peace upon the earth

Clean up our environment,

Cause we know what it’s worth!

(chorus)

Occupy, occupy, occupy your mind.

We need everyone’s ideas,

so see what you can find.

Occupy, occupy, occupy the world,

To make a better future, for every boy and girl!

We would drive up and ask them but we haven’t got the gas
We would sail but we’re boatless so we guess we’ll have to pass
We would ride on a bicycle but we haven’t got a bike
So we’ll keep occupying
O we’ll keep occupying
Till the whole one percent knows what we like!

Refrain:
We don’t think occupying is so swell
But these old financial handshakes really smell – what a SMELL!
We’ll go home when we see the bankers spread around their dough
We’ll go home when the taxman calls them up to say, ‘hello.’
We’ll go home when we’ve made things clear, the people finally know
Till then, keep occupying
O we’ll keep occupying
Yes, we’ll keep occupying till they know!

We’re the Raging Grannies and we’ve come to have our say,
To speak out for the people and to tell you there’s no way
To justify a rate hike for Duke Energy today…
“No rate hike! No way!”

CHORUS:
         So listen to the people and just turn the rate hike down.
         We don’t want their toxic power plants polluting all our towns.
         We demand that you all listen to the citizens today:
         “No rate hike! No way!”

The bosses at Duke Energy grow richer every day;
They’re rakin’ in the millions and they now want us to pay.
They got a rate hike last year and they’ll get one next year, too.
That’s a thirty percent increase that they want from me and you!
REPEAT CHORUS

They’re burning coal and natural gas and it’s so plain to see
That they’re wrecking our environment and our economy.
They shouldn’t be rewarded for their wasteful business plans;
They’ll build toxic plants that should be banned.
REPEAT CHORUS

 If you cave in now to their demands there’ll be no end in sight
To the rate hikes that they’ll take from us; that gives us quite a fright!
They’ll be building nuclear power plants with ou-ur hard-earned dough,
Fukashima should have taught us that’s a crazy way to go.
REPEAT CHORUS 

When I’m a full-fledged corporation,
I’ll break the law and not get fined.
I’ll buy the Supreme Court,
They’re my best cohorts,
My pals and my partners in crime.

 If I really were a corporation
I’d buy all the candidates, you bet,
I’d fix all the voting
Oh, how I’d be gloating
While pulling strings on my elected marionettes.

 If I were a giant corporation,
I’d send all our jobs right overseas.
I’d lead the cheering
For war profiteering,
And sell bombs to any country that I please.

 Hey, out there, people are you listenin’?
They say that business is too big to fail.
But we’re the 99%
We’ll get together and dissent,
And put those greedy bastards all in jail.