Category: War & Peace
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Blackwater on the Range
tune: Home on the Rangeby Hinda Kipnis Don’t give me a homeWhere Blackwater roamsAnd terror’s the law of the land.We must not forgetWhat gestapos begetWhen they follow illegal commands.Hired killers roam freeIn Iraq with impunity.Mercenaries shoot…
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For Our Grandchildren’s Sake
Lyrics By: Marcy MatasickNew Mexico Raging GranniesTune: Sweet Betsy from Pike Our nuclear weapons are sealing our fateThere’s no place to hide,there’s no place that’s safeAnd we know that all life on earth is at stakeSo…
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School of the Assassins 2
tune: School Days School days, school days,Murderous and cruel days.We’re paying taxes to train those guys.Who torture and murder in the guiseOf protecting democracy.Oh, what a cruel irony!So join the campaign to shut it down,And free…
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Gaggle Against War 2
Tune: Side by SideBy Laurie Rostholder Oh, we're a gaggle of granniesUrging you off of your fanniesWe want war to endA strong message we'll sendLet's have peace With billions for armsWe are spendingWe could see poverty…
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Warhawks 2
tune: When the Red, Red Robin When the warhawks in WashingtonPut all their armor onShould we make war?Must we start the killingCause they’re unwillingTo talk some more? Wake up! Wake up, America!Rise up! Stop this hysteria.Be…
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We Rage to End All War, Updated to Include Syria
Tune: Battle Hymn of the RepublicAuthors: Kathy Russell, Sunny Armer (revision of song by Vicki Ryder) We're the Raging Grannies and we're here to take a standAgainst the senseless killing raging in Afghanistan,Iraq is still a…
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The War Economy part 2
Author: Vicki RyderTune: Battle Hymn of the Republic There’s coal ash, pipelines, fracking, and there’s filling off our shores,And toxic waste gets dumped upon the people who are poor.The profited will kill us if we don’t…
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The War Economy & The Poor People’s Campaign
Author: Vicki RyderTune: Battle Hymn of the Republic We’re rising in Seattle now and joining the campaign,A task that wasn’t finished when Rev’rend King was slain.Fifty years have come and gone but still his words ring…
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Worth The Price?
Tune: Merrily We Roll Along Those uniforms, they look so niceLook so nice,Look so nice?Those uniforms, they look so niceBut are they worth the price? Do recruiters sometimes lie,Sometimes lie.Sometimes lie?Do recruiters sometimes lie?Just ask a…
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Wake Up, America!
tune: When the Red, Red Robin Chorus:Wake up, wake up, America!Rise up! Stop this hysteria.Be mighty wary ofU.S. world domination! When Bush and his croniesStart spouting baloney.Should we make war?Must we start the killingCause they’re unwillingTo…