Building Democracy
From all across the USAThe people rise as one,To demand that Congress listens asWe demand what must be done:We all want a true democracyWhere each person has a say,So we’re…
We Sing Their Names (With a Verse for Alex Pretti)
We Grannies grieve and mourn today; It seems our nation's lost its way. They’re sending thugs into our towns Where they shoot unarmed people down. These migrants sought a better life,Seeking harbor from their…
Help Us Understand (Granny Version)
We’ve been travelin ‘round the sun and seen what our country’s done, And it seems to us they can’t stop makin’ war; We remember ’45; they burned Hiroshima alive. There’s…
We Sing Their Names (REVISED With Names Added)
We Grannies grieve and mourn today; It seems our nation's lost its way. It's sending thugs into our towns Where they shoot unarmed people down. These migrants sought a better life,Seeking harbor from their…
Our Broken Hearts Rage (Guantanamo)
Our broken hearts rageWhen they build another cage For the immigrants (Who’ve come to) us for refuge from the storm;How can such a rich placeAs the United StatesNow stoop so…
Shooting, Shooting, Shooting
I need to buy a present to give my little boy.I’ll buy him a toy soldier ’cause that’s a real cute toy.It comes with a great uniform, and with a…
GI Joe
GI Joe, don’t you know, war is not the way?War toys only teach our kids the violent way to play.Oh! GI Joe, don’t you know, war is not the way?Let’s…
Silent Night, Peaceful Night
Silent night, peaceful night,No more guns, no more fights.No more drugs for our daughters and sons,Jobs, not poverty, for everyone.Then we’ll sleep in peace, then we’ll sleep in peace.Silent night,…
Peaceful Christmas
I’m dreaming of a peaceful ChristmasOne where the bombs of war are still,Where the children are livingAnd we’re not giving them toy guns and teaching them to kill....I’m dreaming of…
Deck the War Halls
What will you get for little Suzie?Fa la la la la, la la la la.Screw the dolly! Get an Uzi!Fa la la la la, la la la la.And for your…
A Place We All Belong
This song was written in 2010. The last verse was added in December 2025. We SING today for dignity for EACH and everyone,WORKERS must have justice, no MATTER where they’re from,It…
Claiming Our Power – No Kings Day 10/18/2025
Did you ever think you’d see the day,Did you think there’d come a time,When peaceful protest in the streetWould be treated as a crime;When a nation claiming freedomAnd the right to think and speak,Would be brought down by a fascist…
A Better Future
We're makin' history. We'll win the victory! The fight is long but we'll stand strongTo save democracy!We've gotta build a better futureAnd we need to start right now!Free speech is priceless.…
Beneath the Nuclear Umbrella – Expanded
Beneath the nuclear umbrellaWe’re as safe as we can be,[With the fascists in the White House] They’ll look out for you and me. We don’t have to think about it …
We Didn’t Vote for War
We’re the Raging Grannies calling out from far and wide,Rising up together like a mighty ocean tide,To stop the wars and killing so we all can live and thrive,One human fam’ly strong.CHORUS: No more wars upon this planet! War’s a crime and it’s a racket! …
STOP THE RAIDS
(Written in 2006 after a series of ICE raids targeted migrant laborers on Greyhound buses and AMTRAK trains) There’s a madness going ‘roundNow that ICE has come to town;Grabbing folks right…
Send Home the Marines
Did you ever think you’d see the day,Did you think there’d come a time,When peaceful protest in the street Would be treated as a crime;When a nation claiming freedomAnd the…
D-E-M-O-C-R-A-C-Y 2025
Newly Revised Lyrics for No Kings Dayby Vicki Ryder (2025)Once old King George ruled us from England,With tarrifs and taxes on tea;But the people stood up and resistedAnd dumped his…
THEY’VE GOT TO GO!
Newly Revised Lyrics by Vicki Ryder (2025)CHORUS: Oh, don't ya know, They’ve got to go! Together we will stand; We’ll sing and shout And kick…
To Those Who Would Be Kings
Based on an essay tentatively attributed to Thom Hartmann Were you mad when folks who voted couldn’t get their votes to count?Are you troubled that the rich get all the tax…
Who’s Gonna’ Save Democracy?
Who's gonna' save democracyfrom this billionaire lun-a-cy?Some think the Democratic Party can bemade progressive, but that's hard to seesince the court ruled its rich leadershitcan do whatever they see fit!Because…
TACO HELL
Ev'ryone's heard of "Taco Bell".Now there's somethin' new.It's the new meme "TACO HELL"for what Trump's puttin' us through!With a flippin' tariff here and a floppin' tariff there!Start a tariff... End…
Kill the Reconciliation Bill NOW!
The Reconcil-i-a-tion bill...must be vot-ed down!It gives e-ven more pow-er...to the e-vil clown!It lets him re-voke... non-pro-fit stat-usfor the pro-grams... that be-ne-fit us:re-productive rights, ref-u-gees, cli-mate change and ev-en "Save…
Kill the Reconciliation Bill NOW!
The Reconcil-i-a-tion bill...must be vot-ed down!It gives e-ven more pow-er...to the e-vil clown!It lets him re-voke... non-pro-fit stat-usfor the pro-grams... that be-ne-fit us:re-productive rights, ref-u-gees, cli-mate change and ev-en "Save…
Our Constitution Revised for No Kings Day 2025
We’re here to mourn the Constitution,’Cause we’re not usin’ it no more!Our liberties are being swept asideNow that we’ve got a new em-per-or.Our freedoms are quickly disappearing,Our Civil Rights about…
Happy Mothers Day
[This is an updated version of a song I posted in 2017. Mothers Day is here again, but there's still no end to the killing, and too many mothers are…
Our Constitution
[This song was re-written in the Spring of 2025 for a rally of students and faculty protesting the suppression of dissent and Academic Freedom on US college and university campuses.] We’re…
65.000 Votes
We played by the rules and we voted,But now we are royally pissed,Because some guy named Jefferson GriffinHas put our names down on his list.He thought he could rig his…
Say Their Names
Ten years ago, young Michael Brown,Eighteen years old when they shot him down.Then Corey Jones, and young Sean Bell,And Sandra Bland, we remember well....Tamir Rice was just a boy, Aiyana…
Our Grief is Real
The government’s spending our taxesOn god-awful weapons of warThat are killing some other mothers’ childrenLeft grieving on some distant shore.They’re buying up more ammunition,Missiles and bombers and drones,Bringing death and…
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