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1. There’s No Business Like War Business

   2013 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of There's No Business Like Show Business

   There’s no business like war business, The best business we know. Never mind the homeless and the hungry, Never mind the people without jobs. Nowhere can you get that special…

   War & Peace

2. This Baloney

   2014 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of Battle Hymn of the Republic

   This baloney docks at Bangor, It docks at King’s Bay, too. This baloney floats around the world To launch bombs on me and you. Oh it threatens all life constantly,…

   War & Peace

3. This Can Is Your Can

   2013 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of This Land Is Your Land

   This can is your can, this can is my can. We used it once and we’ll use it again. It might come back as a bicycle handlebar! This can was…

   Environment & Energy

4. This Green Human

   2013 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of This Old Man

   This old man, he had one SOGgy piece of HOT dog bun. With a nick nack paddy wack To the compost bin He GRINNED and simply tossed it in. This…

   Environment & Energy

5. Three Raging Grannies

   2013 · Monica Zucker · to the tune of Three Little Maids from School

   To be sung by three sopranos very delicately. Three Raging Grannies singing gently Try not to act too temperament’ly But we know a hundred percently Nothing is going well. War…

   Government & Power Grannies War & Peace

6. Three Strikes

   2013 · Kay Thode · to the tune of Coming Round the Mountain

   If you’re jailed for three drug crimes, You’re there for life! If you’re jailed for three drug crimes You’re there for life! They have jailed five hundred thousand All of…

   Government & Power Human & Civil Rights Racism & Social Justice

7. Tiny Houses

   2025 · Jo-Hanna Read · to the tune of Little Boxes by Malvina Reynolds

   Tiny houses give us shelter, Tiny houses strong and beautiful! Tiny houses give us shelter, They keep us dry and warm. There’s a green one and a pink one, And…

   Human & Civil Rights

8. Torture Song

   2013 · Kay Thode · to the tune of Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

   Torture was the “in thing” then, No habeas corpus, Waterboarding, shocks and sha-ame Rendition, too. Where has our democracy gone? Smashed by our last president. Why don’t we end all…

   Elections & Democracy Government & Power War & Peace

9. Trident

   2014 · Georgie Kunkle · to the tune of Georgia on My Mind

   Trident, Trident, our death machine. We adore our Trident nuclear submarine. La la, la la, la la. Bangor, Bangor, that place is fun, When the Navy let’s us see Its…

   War & Peace

10. Two Million Are in Jail

    2013 · Kay Thode · to the tune of Coming Round the Mountain

    Oh, two million in our country are in jail, Two million in our country are in jail. A main reason is the drug war, And we are here to say,…

    Government & Power Human & Civil Rights

11. Unequal Treatment

    2013 · Kay Thode · to the tune of Coming Round the Mountain

    If you’re poor and use cocaine, You’ll go to jail. If you’re black and use cocaine, You’ll go to jail. They will slap you in the cooler And tell you…

    Government & Power Healthcare Human & Civil Rights

12. Union Maid

    2014 · Woodie Guthrie · to the tune of Redwing

    There once was a union maid Who never was afraid Of the goons and the ginks and the company finks And the deputy sheriffs who made the raid. She went…

    Labor & Worker Rights

13. Until the Plan for the Jail is Undone

    2018 · Laurie Rostholder · to the tune of Home on the Range

    Chorus: We don’t want a youth jail. A place where our kids go to fail. We want money spent On plans with intent To keep our kids learning and free.…

    Government & Power Human & Civil Rights

14. US Air Force Song

    2013 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of Wild Blue Yonder

    F-35 It is a nuclear weapon Costs so high; and climbing higher F-35 Four hundred billion dollars Contracted with; Lockheed Martin F-35 Their PAC gave thousands to our Leahy and…

    War & Peace

15. Viagra

    2013 · Georgie Kunkle · to the tune of Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend

    When he can’t get it up, There’s a pill now at the bedside. Viagra is a boy’s best friend. It will thrill him, it will fill him, With passion unrelenting,…

    Healthcare

16. Volunteer Song

    2013 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of Hi Lili / Hi Lo

    A volunteer sings a new song To help the weary go on. A volunteer is that extra spark To move the world along. A volunteer is the sound of hope…

    Grannies

17. Vote Out the Fascists

    2025 · Hinda Kipnis · to the tune of Roll Out The Barrel

    Vote out the fascists, What do you think we see? People being snatched up It soon will be yoo-ou and me! A fake bloated leader, So skilled at tweeting his…

    Elections & Democracy Government & Power

18. Voter’s Lament

    2013 · Kay Thode · to the tune of St. James Infirmary

    Oh, I went to the poll booth And what did I see But a ballot so peculiar That it puzzled me. I punched out the holes As best as I…

    Elections & Democracy Government & Power

19. Voting Song

    2025 · Karen Schneider-Chen et al. · to the tune of Addams Family Theme

    Chorus: Get out and vote! (snap, snap) Get out and vote! (snap, snap) Get out and vote! Get out and vote! Get out and vote! (snap, snap) It's time to…

    Elections & Democracy

20. Wake Up America 2

    2013 · Kay Thode · to the tune of Row, Row, Row Your Boat

    Wake up, America! Work for peace, not war. Justice, freedom and rights for all Are what we’re standing for. Take down the wall in Palestine Export arms no more. Scrap…

    War & Peace