Down on Hiroshima (2019)
Down on Hiroshima, the atomic bomb fell, And children playing in the sun burned in a living hell! Shadows of their bodies marked where they had stood, Imprinted now into…
Move Your Money DAPL
Move all your moneyOut of *[Wells Fargo] today! Vote with your money ’Cause that’s the American way. We’ll show the bankers Who fund the black snake and its slime That…
The People or the Pipeline
Author; Vicki RyderTune; Which Side Are You On? CHORUS: The people or the pipeline? Which side are you on? The people or the profiteers? Which side are you on? To…
Not Just About Bathrooms
CHORUS: They lie through their teeth with the greatest of ease, Those bigots who’d bring us all down to our knees; So we’ve got to stand strong and repeal Hate…
Raging Grannies Strong!
Chorus #1: Look out! ’Cause we are growing bolder! We’re gaining strength as we grow older! Our steps they might be slow, And ’though our boobs are hanging low, We…
HB2
Let’s hear it for HB2, Protecting me and you; Now you won’t have to fear That anyone queer Will be peeing next to you. Let’s hear it for HB2,…
Come to Me: Song for a Syrian Refugee
Bombs rain down, in your town,Cries of terror and dread, Restless sleep, mothers weep, Circling drones fly overhead. Come to me, refugee, I lift my lamp high. By my light…
We’ll Remember in November
We’ll remember in NovemberWhen we vote, as well we should, How you tried to regulate us And to kill Planned Parenthood. We fought hard for women’s ri-ights And we won’t…
We Need Planned Parenthood
WE’RE the Raging Grannies and we’re here to take a stand,To KEEP choice free for women and to keep our families planned. We WON’T go back to hangers if our…
Song of the Great Climate March
CHORUS:The Grannies are swarming with warnings of warming. It's time we're reforming our country's great shame. So we’ll keep performing our global informing 'Til they stop deforming the earth in…
We Will Remember: A Song for Michael Brown
We will remember Michael Brown, Eighteen years old when they shot him down. A human being just in his prime, And “walking black” was his only “crime.” Jonathan Ferrell, Emmett…
Imminent Threat
We’re teachers, doctors, students in debt,Grandmothers, ministers, housewives, vets. So here’s the thing that we don’t get: Which of us is the imminent threat? We work for a living our…
Genetically Modified Organisms
When I sit down for breakfast I look into my bowl Expecting to see corn flakes But instead I see a... [spoken] genetically modified organism. And when I take…
Government Shutdown
Did you hear what happened in Washington town? Those neo-con bastards shut our government down. This was no idle tantrum; it was part of their scheme To silence the people,…
Chalked the Sidewalk
Chalked the Sidewalk(Tune: “Clementine” Lyrics © by Vicki Ryder Chalked the sidewalk (it was washable) Chalked the sidewalk last night; Wrote a message to the banksters, That gauging poor folks…
We’re Rising Up (REVISED)
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! (One Billion Rising!)
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…
No Frackin’, No Way!
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…
We Won’t Buy!
Oh, Wal-Mart’s come into our townAnd 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.…
Look at Wal-Mart
Look at Wal-Mart in your cityWhere the people often shop, It's a store that sells cheap products Made in foreign sweatshops. So stop shopping at this Wal-Mart ’Til…
Get Outta Town! (Wal-Mart)
You'd better watch out, it's happening fast --Mom and Pop shops are a thing of the past. Wal-Mart stores are ruining our town. The corner store's gone, it couldn't compete…
The Wal-Mart Round
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…
Payday Lending (Regions Bank)
If you need a loan to get you throughPayday lending’s not the way to go. Regions Bank will screw ya bad; They’re greedy and they’ve got to go! CHORUS:…
I Would Do it Again (Song for Lynne Stewart)
In old New York City where justice is blind,There lived a great lawyer who’s now in a bind. Her name is Lynne Stewart and she helped the poor But she…
Legitimate Rape
“Legitimate rape” is great birth control.So says Todd Akin, and he oughta know. If we are raped we can rest unafraid, ‘Cause we can’t get pregnant if forcibly laid. Our…
Wasteful Military Spending 2012
Death unending! Military spending!What a waste! What a waste! Reinstate some sanity, Spend taxes for humanity, Invest in peace! Invest in peace! Let’s build schools instead of bombs, We need…
Bring Back Our Tax Dollars
Our taxes fly over the ocean, To fund the Afghanistan war, But our taxes are urgently needed Right here for the jobless and poor. CHORUS: Bring back, bring…
Where Do Our Taxe$ Go?
Do you ever wonder why we always have the funds For wars and corporate bailouts And the banks so poorly run? But we never have the money For the urgent…
We’ve Always Paid our Taxes 2012
We’ve always paid our taxes, We’ve paid them right on time. We never, ever cheated; We coughed up every dime. But we’re sick of always paying for these Endless, bloody…
I Want to Be a Corporation
I want to be a corporation,Then how those profit bells will chime! I’ll be a person Who makes our country worsen, And for taxes I won’t pay a single dime.…