The End of Silence
The End of SilenceMelody: The Sound of SilenceLyrics by Sheila Plotkin for the Raging Grannies of Madison Hello darkness, it’s Code RedAnother lesson in sheer dreadBecause a shooter might be creepingWe’ll…
ANYWHERE ICE IS
I have often walked down the street before.But I never had this sense of evil here before.Now I find myself won-der-ing "What gives?"ICE is now on the streets where we…
There Might Be a Gun
Teacher told me there might be a gun.I’ll have to hide or run. There might be a gun.I want to learn to read. There might be a gun.I am afraid…
Too Many Children Have Died
How many drills in your primary schoolBefore the kids are secure?How many times have they called “Code Red”And is that enough to be sure?How many weapons of war are for…
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…
Put All the Guns Aside
There’s a dark and a troubled side of lifeIn this country that we call the USAWe’re outnumbered by guns and under fireAnd violence it happens every day CHORUS: Put all the guns…
Oh, Lord, Won’t You Buy Me an AR-15
Oh Lord, won’t you buy me an AR-15with hundreds of bullets and a big magazineYou know how I yearn for a killing machineOh Lord, won’t you buy me an AR-15Oh…
More Dead In USA
Bad people with guns are comingThey kill us because they canGuns everywhere – almost numbingDoes anyone give a damn?Gotta get down to itShooters are gunning us downShould have been stopped…
Uvalde
The last day of school and the children were fine,just itching to play in the summer sunshineBut then all went dark and the blood ran like wine And Republicans stand…
We’re Rising Up Against Guns
We’re the Raging Grannies and we’re here to take a stand,To stop the slaughter of our children all across this land,We ask for more than prayers and tears, it’s laws…