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Songs

Songs we've sung, written, and added to the central library.

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  1. Lobby Days Are Here Again

    2013 · Monica Zucker · to the tune of Happy Days Are Here Again

    Corporations rule the day! Energy and Medicare, they say, Must be written the big business way. Corporations rule the day! You don’t have to go-o to college To gain legisla-a-tive…

    Business & Economy Government & Power
  2. Long Hard Fight

    2015 · Jo-Hanna Read · to the tune of Hard Day’s Night (Beatles

    It’s been a long hard fight For women standing against war. It’s been a long hard fight, But, we keep coming back for more. And we know that we do…

    War & Peace
  3. Look Around You

    2013 · Kay Thode · to the tune of Clementine

    Shirley Morrison and Kay Thode Look around you, see the people Who are working everyday For the kind of world we all want, Where healthy children laugh and play A…

    Environment & Energy Government & Power Healthcare Human & Civil Rights War & Peace
  4. Military Style Chant (Call and Response)

    2015 · Unlisted Songwriter

    I don’t know but I’ve been told – Recruiters getting’ way too bold Hear closely what recruiters say – They will trick you anyway We hear they fib, we hear…

    Soldiers & Veterans War & Peace
  5. Missile Shield

    2014 · Monica Zucker · to the tune of She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain

    Oh, we’ve got to have a missile shield defense, Even though it makes no early sense. They tell us the idea Is we spooked by North Korea And the way…

    War & Peace
  6. Mockingbird Schools

    2013 · Monica Zucker · to the tune of Hush Little Baby

    Hush, little children, don’t you mind. Bush will leave no child behind. POLiTICians know schools the best— EduCAtion means taking a standard test. If your school tests are too low,…

    Education
  7. Money Isn’t Anything but Speech, Baby

    2025 · Monica Zucker · to the tune of I Can’t Give You Anything but Love

    By Monica Zucker Money isn’t anything but speech, baby. Think of all the people we can reach, baby! Dream a while, scheme a while We’re sure to find, Happiness and…

    Government & Power
  8. Monsanto Song

    2013 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of On Top of Old Smokey

    San Jose, CA, grannies On top of old Smokey, See how it glows— Monsanto has buried A bushel of woes. The first was potatoes Genetically marked, Spliced with a jelly-fish…

    Environment & Energy Healthcare
  9. Murderous Men in Ties

    2025 · Pia Rostholder · to the tune of 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall

    Murderous men in ties Ignore our children's cries. They may as well Be shooting the guns, Murderous men in ties. Murderous men in ties Continue to capitalize, So wealth stays…

    Business & Economy Environment & Energy Government & Power Human & Civil Rights
  10. My Blockade

    2026 · Jo-Hanna Read · to the tune of Iko Iko

    My blockade trumps your blockade, sittin' by the Strait If you ignore my blockade I’m gonna send you to your fate. Talkin' 'bout, Hey now! Hey now! Set your world…

    War & Peace
  11. My Country, Who’s Next? Me?

    2018 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of America (My Country 'Tis of Thee)

    (tune of "My Country 'Tis of Thee") (Original protest version by unknown author on Blog for Arizona ) Revised by Lee for Tucson Raging Grannies 02/28/18 Class-rooms, where all can…

    Guns & Violence
  12. My District, ’tis of Thee

    2025 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of My Country 'Tis of Thee

    My District, ’tis of thee Land without liberty. Of thee I sing. Where nation’s game is played. Where income tax is paid, Yet when all’s done and said Freedom can’t…

    Elections & Democracy Government & Power
  13. My Least Favorite Things

    2013 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of My Favorite Things

    Shirts from Honduras and Nikes from China, Clothes made in sweatshops in North Carolina, All wrapped in packages tied up with strings— These are a few of my least favorite…

    Business & Economy Human & Civil Rights
  14. New Year’s Vision

    2015 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of Deck the Halls

    Tax the rich; don’t starve the poor, Fa la la la la la la la la Let’s end homelessness for sure, Fa la la…etc Raise the wages, increase welfare, Fa…

    Environment & Energy Government & Power Healthcare Holiday & Celebrations Human & Civil Rights
  15. Nike Town

    2014 · Kay Thode · to the tune of Chinatown, My Chinatown

    Nike shoes and Starbucks beans Make millions a day But workers who produce them Get starvation pay. One dollar fifty a day Is the workers take For the hundred eighty…

    Business & Economy Human & Civil Rights Labor & Worker Rights
  16. Niketown, My Niketown

    2025 · Georgie Kunkle · to the tune of Chinatown, My Chinatown

    Words: Georgie Kunkel Niketown, my Niketown We love all your ware When we strut in NIKE sneaks Nothing can compare Little girls in East Timor Brutalized, enslaved Just so machos…

    Business & Economy Gender Equity Labor & Worker Rights
  17. No More Beef

    2014 · Kay Thode · to the tune of My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean

    They gave us E-coli and deserts, They raised our cholesterol, too. They’re chopping down all the rain forests, To bring those big Ma-acs to you. Chorus: Cut back, cut back,…

    Environment & Energy
  18. No More Waste

    2013 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of Deck the Halls

    Hear the latest nuclear folly, Fa, la Fa, la, la la, la, La, la, la, la. Shipping wastes in trucks by golly, Fa, la, la la, la, La, la, la,…

    Environment & Energy Holiday & Celebrations
  19. No Taxes for FFTF

    2014 · Kay Thode

    No taxes for FFTF, FFTF, FFTF, No taxes for FFTF, We simply will not pay. Spend the dough for cleanup, Cleanup, cleanup, Spend the dough for cleanup, Not FFTF.

    Environment & Energy Local Issues
  20. No Taxes for the Stadium

    2014 · Kay Thode

    No taxes for the stadium, the stadium, the stadium, No taxes for the stadium, We simply will not pay. Housing for the homeless, the homeless, the homeless, Housing for the…

    Local Issues