Knittin’ in Pink
[I wrote this song as I sat down to knit a few pink squares for the CodePink cozy that will be displayed on the White House fence this coming Mother's…
Bicycle Song
Daisy, Daisy, bicycling’s good for you!Hummers are crazy! Cars spew out CO2. For every mile we don’t drive, We help to make our Earth thrive. So take a hike, or…
Dear Old Mother Earth
You’ve been throwin’ all your garbage In the city dump! Don’t throw away the baby diapers, ’Cause they’ll sit there in a lump. Our water’s getting real polluted, There’s not…
Dump, Dump. Dump
Dump, dump, dump your junk into every brook! Who cares, why care? No one needs to look. Throw, throw, throw your trash into every stream! Who cares, why care? Who…
Canada Got It Backwards
They let the bad George in,They kept the good George out! We say that Canada got it backwards so we’ve got to rage and shout! They let George Bush in…
The Raging Grannies’ Handy-Dandy All-Purpose Generic Protest Song
Here’s our generic all-purpose protest song,And we can sing it whenever things go wrong.It's how we protest for peace and justice, So we sing it loud and sing it strong.We start…
Seven Grannies Got Arrested
Seven Grannies got arrestedIn Times Square the other day, Where they went to stage a protest To say war is not the way! CHORUS: Oh those Grannies, oh those Grannies,…
Battle Hymn of the People
He says our country's been attacked and now's the time to act,He gives us lots of rhetoric but can’t supply the facts. We build all the weapons, then we blame…
Your Tax Dollars (2009)
Oh where, oh where, have your tax dollars gone?They’re funding the war in Iraq! They spend taxes on war But they don’t help the poor. And our workers are getting…
Bail Out the People!
Bail out the peopleAnd give them the money they need. To hell with the bankers Who suffer from terminal greed. Bail out the people, That’s where our tax dollars should…
Say NO to the Bus Garage
Follow the money to see why this bus station’s planned. Follow the money, and then we will all understand Why we have projects that don’t really serve us one bit!…
Foreclosure
FORECLOSURE We once had a home Where our family could come To laugh and to cry and to play, But along came the crash, We were left without cash, And…
Change? What Change? (A Granny Rap)
[We know that brown's the new black is a hip way of saying that we're up on the trends of the day. If you have a concern that this line…
What Do We Want from Obama?
What do we want from Obama,The man we'd like to love? We’re here to tell you what we wrote To him on change-dot-gov: We want our troops brought home real…
The Grannies’ Lament
Oh, pity the poor Raging Grannies, how awful!Now that Election Day’s over and gone.... We won’t have to rage about Bush any longer So who will inspire our outrageous songs?…
Wasteful Military Spending
Death unending! Military spending!What a waste! What a waste! Reinstate some sanity, Spend it for humanity, Invest in jobs! Invest in peace! Let’s build schools instead of bombs, Let’s feed…
That’s What It’s All About
We put our right hand in as we work for wars to cease,We raise our right arm high as we join the march for peace. We raise our voices loudly…
This Old Gray Granny
This OLD gray Granny ain’t what she used to be,HAD a hysterectomy, NEEDS a colonoscopy, But SHE can’t afford to PAY for her care and so I GUESS we’ll have…
Cleaning Out the Lies
[I wrote this song to be sung on the day before Obama took office, when anti-Bush demonstrators were staging a “smudging” ceremony at the White House.] We sweep and sanitize…
Bailout!
From the fall of Lehman Brothers to the fall of AIG,We will bail out all investment firms and insurance companies. For we bankrolled lots of S&Ls, but screwed Enron employees,…
Get Out and Vote
Last night some new thoughts did surround me When thinking of heroes of old, What they fought for does really astound me, They were so brave and so bold. The…
Her Song Lives On (Revised Version)
Does her song die When a Gran is gone? Or does her melody live on? I think when she’s no longer bound To this troubled Earth Her song lives on.…
Recruiters Lie
We're the Raging Grannies!We’re mad as mad can be! Recruiters lie, our children die; That’s not how it should be! Our kids are told that they’ll get jobs And money…
Song for Delray Beach: The “Village by the Sea”
We’re the Raging Grannies and we’re singing right out loudTo say six-story buildings in Delray can’t be allowed. Let’s slow the growth and keep our town as sweet as it…
Bombs on Fallujah!
Glory, glory Hallelujah!We’re dropping bombs on poor Fallujah! Our bombs will bring democracy and voting rights for all, Just like we have at home. We know that God is on…