FOLLOW THE MONEY
(Tune: Beer Barrel Polka)

Follow the money
To see why this war was thus planned.
Follow the money,
Then we will all understand.
Follow the money,
It leads to the White House front door!
Bush & Company bombed the Iraqis
So Halliburton could get more.

First they destroy them,
That's what their missiles are for.
Level the city
Till they can't take any more.
Then you rebuild it
With contracts and big bucks galore
All the money goes to Halliburton
That's who profits from this war!

You can see the truth, isn't it so?
They're not hiding much,
Their greed still shows
No matter what the PR says
Dollar signs blaze in blood red

Then folks like Cheney
Will see that his buddies get more.
They'll make a bundle
Morality's simply a bore.
We've got to stop them
And all those who profit from war.
Let's begin to follow the money
And buy peace instead of war!

by Granny Vicki
Rochester , NY Raging Grannies

HOME, HOME, WE ARE HOME
(tune: Home on the Range)

CHORUS: Oh let us hold hands
And reclaim our own land
We have all the power we need
Don't give it away
To the government we say
Each of us has the vision to lead

Home, home on the job
Where we build smaller companies too
Where our working hours
Will provide more than towers
And child care so problems are few.

Home, home near the schools
Where everyone's neighbor we know
Educate not just pass
Where we have a small class
And children will all want to go.

CHORUS: Oh let us hold hands...

Home, home on the bus
Where access to jobs is a must
Where riding is fast
From the house to the class
And the price doesn't leave us all bust.

Home, home in the 'hood
Where pushers are up to no good
Let's give them some time
Talk them out of their crime
And find out if they'\ve understood.

CHORUS: Oh let us hold hands...

by Grannies Charlotte & Patricia
Raging Grannies Without Borders of Detroit & Windsor

LOOK AROUND YOU
(Tune: Clementine)

Look around you, see the people
Who are working everyday
For the kind of world we all want,
Where the children laugh and play
Its a world with no more weapons,
Guns are banned and want is rare,
Where all races live together,
Everyone has good health care.

Equal rights and equal wages,
Social justice on the earth,
No pollution on the planet,
A new world will come to birth.
Look around you see the people
Who are working everyday
For a world of peace and plenty
Where the grandkids laugh and play.

by Shirley Morrison and Kay Thode

SAINTS--Human Rights
(Tune: When the Saints go Marching In)

When everyone has equal rights
When everyone has equal rights
Oh how I want to be in that number
When everyone has equal rights

Variations:

When water flows from every tap
When every child gets what they need
When immigrants are treated fair
When profiling has been wiped out
When health care is a right for all
When welfare grants meet basic needs
When corporate rule is history
When Congress speaks for you and me
When TV news reports are true
When people vote and their vote counts

THE PATRIOT ACT
Tune: My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean

The Patriot Act is disaster
It brought us unspeakable harm,
It trampled our privacy ri-ghts
And sounded a dreadful alarm!

CHORUS: Bring back, bring back,
Oh bring back my freedom to me, to me
Bring back, bring back
Oh bring back my freedoms to me.

My country for you I am singing
My country for you I will cry
My country what's going to happen
My country, please don't be my spy!

CHORUS: Bring back, bring back...

You frustrate my ri-ghts to dissent
You censor the books that I read,
You ja-il our immigrant students
Is that how you're going to lead?

CHORUS: Bring back, bring back

You're waging a war on your people
Denying them their basic rights,
You're stifling expression of free press,
And all this because of your might

CHORUS: Bring back, bring back...

by Granny Rosalie
Raging Grannies Without Borders of Detroit & Windsor

I WANNA BE LIKE GRANNY D
(Tune: "Here We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush")

I wanna be like Granny D,
Walkin' this land from sea to sea,
Workin' for true democracy --
When I'm 93.

I want a land where equality
Means poor folks can run for the presidency,
Not just the ones with the do-re-me --
When I'm 93.

I want a nation where all votes count,
Not just the ones with the big bank accounts.
No hanging chads and no miscounts --
When I'm 93.

I want a campaign that's straight and true
With candidates like me and you.
Not George Bush, he hasn't a clue --
When I'm 93.

I want a world where my grandkids can thrive
And everyone has what it takes to survive.
That's my wish if I'm still alive --
When I'm 93!

I wanna be like Granny D,
Walkin' this land from sea to sea,
Workin' for true democracy --
When I'm 93.

by Granny Vicki
Rochester , NY Raging Grannies

IT'S TIME FOR ELECTION REFORM
Tune: Johnny's So Long At the Fair)

CHORUS: Oh dear, what can the matter be?
Big money is killing democracy,
Our elections are fraught with hypocrisy,
No one can run if they're poor.

Our taxes are cut but that's just for the wealthy,
While poor people cannot afford to stay healthy!
Our tax money's wasted on bombs that are stealthy.
It's time for election reform.

CHORUS: Oh dear...

They own all the newspapers and TV stations
They lie through their teeth to the folks in the nation
Our voting procedure's an abomination!
It's time for election reform.

They get the big contracts without even bidding
And rake in big bucks - now just who are they kidding/
We Grannies are ragin'; we won't just be knitting
We'll work for election reform.

CHORUS: Oh dear, what can the matter be?
Big money is killing democracy,
Our elections are fraught with hypocrisy,
That's gonna change in oh-four!

by Granny Vicki
Rochester , NY Raging Grannies

GETTING TOGETHER
(Tune: I'm Looking Over A Four-Leaf Clover)

What's been preventing
The world from getting
Together as friend to friend?
Could it be language?
We'll learn to translate.
Might be religion--
No reason to hate..

Couldn't be color
With all the wonderful
Shades of the human skin?
Let's be forgetting
What's been preventing
And invite the whole world in.