For the People Act

Lyrics by: Vicki Ryder
Gaggle: Triangle (NC)
Tune: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Date Written or Updated: 11/10/19 Updated 07/02/2021

Have you heard the awful news?
Voting rights are bein’ abused.
The House has passed Bill HR 1
But all their work is bein’ undone.
This bill to keep our voting fair
Isn’t going anywhere…
For the People we all say: 
Senate: Don’t stand in our way!”
Stand together, everyone;
And demand the passage of SB1.

It’s called the ‘For the People Act’
Passed in the House now two years back,
But McConnell’s kept it on the shelf
To protect his power and his wealth.
He’s afraid of the people’s vote
And the fair reforms that they’d promote. 
For the People we all say: 
Senate: Don’t stand in our way!”
Stand together, everyone;
And demand the passage of SB1.

Expansion of our voting rights
Is what we’re fighting for today.
Get rid of gerrymandered maps and
Let all voters have their say.
Get dark money out of our elections;
Bring ethics back for our protection.
End purges of our voter rolls
So all have access to the polls.
Stand together, everyone;
And demand the passage of SB1.
Yes, stand together, everyone;
And demand the passage of SB1.

NOTE: The ‘For The People Act’ of 2019  (aka HR1) is a bill introduced and passed in the United States House of Representatives in March 2019 to expand voting rights, limit partisan gerrymandering, strengthen ethics rules, and limit the influence of private donor money in politics. With this song, we get a jump on the holiday season, because the best gift we could receive would be the Passage of the “For the People Act.”