Take Me Out of the War Game
Oh My, That's Our Georgie
More Bucks for Housing
Just Say NO to War
Iraq Weapons Inspection Song
God Bless America
The Bombs Dropped Down
Other Anti-War songs
More Anti-war Songs
THE IRAQ WEAPONS INSPECTION SONG
(Tune: �Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star�)
George sent inspectors to Iraq [�Eye-rack�]
Said: �Show your weapons or I�ll attack!�
So into the palace they did go.
They looked high and they looked low.
Not one bomb or hand grenade...
All they found was marmalade!
George sent inspectors to Iraq,
Said: �Show your weapons or I�ll attack!�
Bush was ready to go, �Bang bang!�
�Find me some weapons on which to hang
A reason for me to go �bam bam,�
But all that they could find was jam!
Just Say NO! to War!
(Tune: �Ten Little Indians�)
One little, two little, three little soldiers,
Marched off to war and never got older.
It makes us sad and it makes us bolder --
Just say NO to war!
One billion, two billion, three billion dollars,
Wasted on war if we don�t holler:
�You can go but we won�t follow!�
Just say NO to war!
Their kids, my kids, your kids, too,
Facing death -- it�s up to you!
Here�s what we all need to do --
Just say NO to war!
More Bucks for Housing
(Tune: �Betsy from Pike�)
There are millions of folks sleeping out in the street.
Clutching their bundles, it�s cold without heat,
No place to call home and no bed for their head�
They�re lucky if some of them even get fed.
When wages are too low to pay the high rent,
And folks are left homeless, not even a tent,
It�s time for a change, and on that we agree.
More bucks for housing, not military!
In this prosperous country, now wouldn�t you think
We could house all the homeless as quick as a wink,
If we weren�t spending billions on weapons of war.
Attack Iraq? NO! Let�s first feed the poor.
Attack Iraq? NO! Let�s first feed the poor.
Oh My, That�s our Georgie
(Tune: �Yes Sir, That�s My Baby�)
Oh my, that�s our Georgie
Havin� a war-time orgy,
Oh my, that�s our Georgie now.
Yes sir, he�s decided
No one else needs be invited
His war will be a one-two pow!
By the way, by the way,
Did you hear what Georgie did say.....
�United Nations? We don�t need it!
World law? We don�t heed it!
Saddam needs to be defeated now.�
Guess what? We don�t buy it!
The world needs peace and quiet,
Not our bombs and not our killing now.
By the way, by the way,
We�re the Raging Grannies and we say...
War? No! Peace will top it!
Grannies ARE gonna stop it!
We are RAGING Grannies now!
YANKEE DOODLE GEORGIE
(Tune: �Yankee Doodle Dandy�)
Georgie Porgie is the prez
�Tho he was not elected.
Said he�d finish Daddy�s war
And thought he�d be respected.
Chorus:
Georgie Porgie, you�re all wrong,
Bombs are not the answer!
You can take your stupid war
And stick it in your pants, sir!
Georgie Porgie�s cutting taxes
For the country�s richest.
The poor will pay to fight his war
While George saves his own britches.
Chorus
Georgie Porgie�s sending troops
To fight and to be killed, and
When it�s over and they�re dead
The poor will pay the bill.
Chorus
Georgie Porgie said he�d wait
For the UN inspectors
If he doesn�t, he�ll be faced
With a million demonstrators!
TAKE ME OUT OF THE WAR GAME
(Tune: �Take Me Out to the Ballgame�)
Take me out of the war game,
Let�s all leave in a crowd,
Let�s all say that we don�t want to play
The price of conquest is too high to pay,
And we�ll root, root, root for life�s living,
If war games are sad it�s a shame,
�Cause we�re one, two, three saying �no!�
To the old war game.
Take me out of the war game,
Let�s go play with the kids,
There�s lots of them here who need someone near
To feed them and hug them and give them a cheer,
And we�ll root, root, root for the small ones
And give our sport a new name:
Call it two, three, four billion �nos�
To the old war game.
Join with us in a new game,
Bring your family and friends.
We�re just getting started, we�re full of heart,
Come and join us, it�s time for a start.
And let�s root, root, root for life�s living,
Cause we�re out to stake a new claim:
Let�s hear four, five, six billion YELLS
For a NO WAR GAME!
God Bless America
God Bless America,
And bless it well!
If we make war,
If we kill more,
Then we�re all going straight to hell!
Let�s not buy it!
Let�s decry it!
Let us sing out loud and strong....
Let�s say, �America,
Stay home where you belong.
Bombs cannot keep the peace!
This war is wrong!�
God Bless America,
This war must not be!
George can�t make us,
He won�t take us
Into starting World War Three.
It�s a bad way,
It�s a sad way
To solve problems in the world.
Let�s say, �America
Please hear our song,
Bombs cannot keep the peace!
This war is wrong!�
THE BOMBS DROPPED DOWN
(Tune: �The Band Played On�)
Georgie would sit by his red telephone
And the bombs dropped down.
He'd send all our kids to lands far, far from home
And the bombs dropped down.
Our economy fell, benefits went to hell,
'Round the world people shook with alarm.
�We'll have evil no more
'Cause we'll just stay at war�
And the bombs dropped down.
What Is He Thinking?
(Tune: On Top of Old Smokey)
dedicated to Victor Mercado
Oh what is he thinking
The water board chief
When he signs the papers
And makes like a thief
He steals people's water
And lets them run dry
In cold winter weather
These people might die
They're children and old folks
Disabled and ill
Who suffer the most
From this bureaucrat's will
We call on the city
To stop this abuse
And give all our people
Good water to use
The Water Board's treatment
Of folks who are poor
We see in an instant
Is undeclared war
by Patricia Lay-Dorsey
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That's Too Bad
(She'll be comin' round the mountain when she comes)
If your children need warm water, that's too bad
If your children need warm water, that's too bad
They insist your bills were unpaid
And won't hear the reasons you made
If your children need warm water, that's too bad.
If your grandma's feeling poorly, that's too bad
If your grandma's feeling poorly, that's too bad
In the coldest winter weather
All she has is a thin sweater
If your grandma's feeling poorly, that's too bad.
If your heater works with steam, that's too bad
If your heater works with steam, that's too bad
When they shut off all your water
No one asked or even bothered
If your heater works with steam, that's too bad.
Will you live to see the summer, do they care?
Will you live to see the summer, do they care?
Profits are their bottom line
Even if the folks are dying
Will you live to see the summer, do they care?
Can we turn this thing around, let us try
Can we turn this thing around, let us try
If we make a lot of noise
So the news picks up the story
Can we turn this thing around, let us try
Will the people get their water, yes they will!
Will the people get their water, yes they will!
We will not give up the fight
Because water is a right
Will the people get their water, yes they will!
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