Raging Grannies' Songs

No! No! No! You Don’t

peternigh — Wed, 01 May 2013 12:35:11 +0000

No! No! No! you don’t
Tell me what to do.
My body, my body, my body is mine;
It won’t be ruled by you.

No! No! No! you won’t
Silence womens’ voice.
Whether to have a baby or not
Remains a private choice.

Roe, Roe, Roe beat Wade
It’s a settled case.
Leave it; oh, leave it; oh, leave it alone
And honor women’s space.

We’re Rising Up (REVISED)

Vicki — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:39:06 +0000

We’re the Raging Grannies and we’re here to take a stand,
To break the chain of our abuse across this mighty land.
We proclaim our dignity, and justice our demand…
We’re Rising Up today!

Chorus: No more rape and no more beatings.
Women rise! We’re tired of pleading.
We’re rising up to tell you that our bodies are our own;
We’re Rising Up today!

We rise in [name your town] today to say it’s a disgrace
That women’s rights might simply disappear without a trace.
We dance and sing and shout out loud to save the human race!
We’re Rising Up today!

Repeat Chorus

What makes you men think you can take your liberties with us?
We’re mothers, sisters, aunts and daughters, kickin’ up a fuss.
Your violations end today, there’s no more to discuss!
We’re Rising Up today!

Repeat Chorus

We dance today for justice, and it’s not just for the sport.
We own our bodies; we’ll protect the rights for which we fought…
The right to step out unafraid; the freedom to abort.
We’re Rising Up today!

Repeat Chorus

We’re Rising Up! (One Billion Rising!)

Vicki — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 04:57:54 +0000

We’re the Raging Grannies and we’re here to take a stand,
To keep choice free for women all across our mighty land.
We won’t go back to hangers if our right to choose is banned!
We’re Rising Up today!

Chorus: No more rape and no more beatings.
Women rise! We’re tired of pleading.
We’re rising up to tell you that our bodies are our own;
We’re Rising Up today!

We stand here in [name your city] and wonder at the sad disgrace
That women’s rights might simply disappear without a trace.
We dance and sing and shout out loud to save the human race!
We’re Rising Up today!
Repeat Chorus

What makes you think that you can take your liberties with us?
We’re mothers, sisters, aunts and daughters, kickin’ up a fuss.
Your violations end today, there’s no more to discuss!
We’re Rising Up today!
Repeat Chorus

Capitalist Cronies

N0raFM — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 21:00:01 +0000

Capitalist cronies

Are not our BFFs

Don’t want us to be free

Make deals like TPP

That’s Trans-Pacific

Partnership, to be clear

The jobs that we have here

We’ll have no more.

Clean air and water

Will soon be luxuries

Farewell to workers’ rights

In TP Paradise

That’s Toilet Paper

Revving up climate change

Our world they’ll rearrange

Once unconstrained.

We are the NNP

That’s Ninety Nine Percent

We must make a choice

Let’s generate some noise

For human beings

And the environment

Let’s show the one percent

The exit door!

And Now a Word from the 1% on Climate Change

N0raFM — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:56:09 +0000

Free markets must be able to indulge their every whim

Environmental laws and regs will bring a future grim

Planet liveability is not our concern

Because for us, the key concept is me, me, me, me

Count on us for naught unless it profits me

That global warming is a mess we’ll no longer deny

But if you tell us fix it now our answer will be why?

Our children and our grandkids too, let’s leave it up to them

True believers in the market free are we, are we

Devotees of the market free

Geothermal, wind and solar are such deadly bores

Energy efficiency just makes us want to snore

But if you mention nuclear our ears will perk right up

It comes with a lovely subsidy, subsidy

We adore the fat taxpayer subsidy

America The Not-So Beautiful

peternigh — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:39:50 +0000

O Crucible of Specious Lies

Tune of America The Beautiful

O crucible of specious lies
And greedy raves of gain,
Where dollars vote, there freedom dies,
Washed down the swirling drain.
America! America!
They shed disgrace on thee,
And drown thy good in pools of blood
Across the shining sea.

Where dutiful in riot gear,
They wield their pepper spray,
Their stun grenades, as they draw near
Amid the asphalt fray.
America! America!
They shed disgrace on thee
Debase their soul in crowd-control,
Crush law and liberty.

O bounty for the financier,
The laws corruption bought!
For none but self, they gain each year,
A tempest they have wrought.
America! America!
They shed disgrace on thee,
While they their rancid oil refine,
Tar-crusted dies the sea.

Granny Paige and the Raging Grannies of Greater Westerly, Rhode Island

Fiscal Cliff Talk

peternigh — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:16:44 +0000

Fiscal Cliff Talk

Tune of Little Boxes

Fis- cal cliff talk as the globe warms,
Fis- cal cliff talk as they dil- ly dal- ly,
Fis- cal cliff talk on the bube tube,
Fis- cal cliff talk is a scam.
There’s the wild fires and the dust bowl,
And the heat waves and the hur- ri- canes,
And the pols seem but to dil- ly dal- ly,
And they all want just the same.

Fis- cal cliff talk on the bube tube,
Fis- cal cliff talk but to dil- ly dal- ly,
Fis- cal cliff talk, fis- cal cliff talk,
Fis- cal cliff talk is a scam.
There’s the Blue Dogs and the Red Dogs,
And the Dem talk and the Re- pub talk,
And they all seem but to dil- ly dal- ly,
And they all want just the same.

See the peo- ple on the bube tube
Car- ry wa- ter for the ru- ling class –,
Me- di- care cuts, Me- di- caid cuts,
Pay- offs for gi- gan- tic greed.
And there’s home loans and there’s stu- dent loans,
And the debt col- lec- tors a- gen- cies,
‘Cuz the rich need their en- ti- tle- ments –.
Let the com- mon good be damned!

With aus- te- ri- ty and with deep cuts,
They shall tear up so- cial safe- ty nets –.
For all dra- ma ’bout pos- te- ri- ty,
Fis- cal cliff talk is a scam.
With their pipe- lines and their tar sands,
They will sell off the en- vi- ron- ment,
But they don’t care ’bout pos- ter- i- ty –,
As they buy and sell the Earth.

Granny Paige and the Raging Grannies of Greater Westerly, Rhode Island

No Frackin’, No Way!

Vicki — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 04:02:45 +0000

Oh, give us a beach
Where oil spills can’t reach,
And there’s no sticky goo on the sand,
Where children can play,
And the birds and fish stay
Free from harm… that’s our simple demand.

CHORUS:

        No frackin’! No way!
        We say keep those frackers away!
        We say NO to those rigs
        And those comp’nies so big!
        Mother Earth still comes first in our land.

There are so many ways
To make power these days
From the wind and the sun, don’t you see?
Let’s stop hydrofracking
And mountaintop hacking
Let’s treat the Earth as it should be.

REPEAT CHORUS

We Won’t Buy!

Vicki — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:42:33 +0000

Oh, Wal-Mart’s come into our town
And discounted all their prices down.
They’ve built big stores.

They’re keeping their prices very low
By paying their workers far below
A living wage.

They sell cheap stuff from foreign shores
Made by the sweat of the working poor
For us to buy.

They sell below the other shops
So all the little moms and pops
Will soon be closed.

With no more jobs and no more pay
The shoppers soon will go away…
Then who will buy?

So, Wal-Mart get out of our town!
You’re tearing our economy down.
And we won’t buy!!!

The Wal-Mart Round

Vicki — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:39:57 +0000

Wal-Mart sucks…
The life out of towns!
The mom and pop stores have to close their doors
And local economies fall through the floor!
Yes, Wal-Mart sucks.

Wal-Mart stinks…
Of corporate greed!
They sell cheap goods made by foreign sweatshops
Where workers earn pennies and work ‘til they drop!
Yes, Wal-Mart stinks!

Wal-Mart blows…
Away union jobs!
Good wages and benefits? Nothing but lies!
They’ll fire you quick if you organize!
Yes, Wal-Mart blows!