WHEN THE HOMELESS SLEEP OUT ON THE STREET
AND THEIR BLANKETS ARE ALL WEARING THIN.
SEASON’S GREETINGS SOUND BITTER SWEET
AND IT’S HARD JUST TO MANAGE A GRIN

CHORUS;

WE’RE TRYING FOR SIMPLE AND GREEN
JUST FAMILY OR A FEW FRIENDS.
BUT WE’LL PROBABLY EAT TOO MUCH
AND BURN THAT CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS.

CHORUS;

Mothers should not raise their sons
To play with war toys or with guns.
Killing’s sad for everyone!
Happy Mother’s Day to you!

There are mothers in Iraq
Who wish they had their children back,
But now they mourn and dress in black.
Happy Mother’s Day to you!

We are here to sing of peace
And hope that wars forever cease.
Let us not be led like geese.
Happy Mother’s Day to you!

One billion, two billion, three billion dollars,
Wasted on war if we don’t holler:
“You can go but we won’t follow!”
Happy Mother’s Day to you!

As mothers we must show the way,
So let us pledge on this great day:
From the path of peace we will not stray!
Happy Mother’s Day to you!

My knees they don’t bend,
And I must wear Depends,
And my boobs they are sagging, it’s true,
But I’m not in a snit
‘Cause I still can knit
And help CODEPINK to do what they do.

CHORUS:

I’m knittin’ in pink
‘ Cause I want the whole world to know
That I stand with CODEPINK
To say war, it just stinks,
And those greedy war mongers must go!

We women don’t shirk,
We just sit down and work
With compassion and needles and wool.
We can end all the wars
And that’s worth knittin’ for,
So let’s stop all this military bull!

REPEAT CHORUS

Now, quick as a wink,
Hang that cozy so pink
Where everyone worldwide can see
Mothers don’t raise their sons
To kill anyone!
Mother’s Day is a day meant for peace.

REPEAT CHORUS

If you’ve a blue Christmas
It’s your choice
Don’t need blue Christmas?
Raise your voice
From the pain of the past
Find some freedom at last
You can say, no more blue,
blue, blue, Christmas

Wish that you had a home for the holidays?
Reach out your hands to those you see in pain
A happy family may be something that you never had
Friends can help you start a better life again

All those drunken Christmases
All those years of pain
We can put behiind us now
Not visit them, again
You and I are grown now
We can find a way
To keep those drunken Christmases
From killing us, today!

Here comes Christmas
I can’t handle it
Expectations by all
Parties, laughter,
Children singing,
Friends who come to call
I’m learning how to say to all
‘I don’t feel merry and bright.
But with your support
I’ll make it through
Another long Christmas night!’

1) The anti-choice folk don’t like us
And neither did Bob Hope
We don’t get hugs and kisses
From the Queen or from the Pope

CHORUS

2) Some menfolk grouse and grumble
If we mention women’s rights
They drink and cuss and dump on us
When they get into fights

CHORUS

3) And once we start upsetting them
They may feel kind of strange
And maybe, only maybe, they
Might just begin to change

CHORUS

4) So let’s all say the ‘F’ word,
the ‘F’ word, the ‘F’ word, let’s all say the ‘F’ word
As loud as we can get: FEMINIST!!!

Listen to the tune here