A Can of Chicken Noodle Soup  

Tune:(Turkey in the Straw/Do Your Ears Hang Low?)  

Lyrics:  Joanie Gould, Piedmont Raging Grannies

Date: 11/13/25

Did you ever think the cost of food would get so high

That the sticker shock in groceries would make you sigh

Costs have risen by a third in just the past five years

And the price of chicken noodle soup brings you to tears

CHORUS 1

Food is a given, necessity,

Food is a right, for you and for me,

We can’t afford to pay our way

When a can of chicken noodle soup is 2.59! (Count 2-3-4, 1-2) 

Did you ever think the government would be so mean

As to cut SNAP benefits to kids already lean and

To implement the tariffs that affect the price of food

They no long-er care about the common good.

CHORUS 2

Where is the outcry? Who gives a hoot?

Think it’s the time to give them the boot?

Looks like there’s no relief in sight

When a can of chicken noodle soup is 2.59! (Count 2-3-4, 1-2) 

Something may be wrong with our society,

When wages haven’t risen since 1983.

Do you think perhaps that corporate greed may be to blame

And our country hasn’t dealt with this in any way.

CHORUS 3

Wages can’t keep up, Who gives a SHHHH (gesture with finger to lips)

He-elp our hungry or let them eat cake

It’s evident that something’s wrong

When a can of chicken noodle soup is 2.59