Thursday, April 26, 2012

The Trickle Down Blues



They said give us a tax break
And we'll give you all jobs
The money will come back to you
It will rain down from the clouds
So we gave them the money
And they hid it all away
And they outsourced the jobs
And they're still laughing today
We got the trickle down blues
'cause we ain't seen a dime trickle down
We got the trickle down blues
We got the trickle down blues
We got the trickle down blues
'cause we ain't seen a dime trickle down
Once I had a house
But the bank took it away
They kept raising the payments
Until I just couldn't pay
I called the bank for help
But they just hung up the phone
Now I'm headed for a rental
On the poor side of town
We got the trickle down blues
'cause we ain't seen a dime trickle dow
We got the trickle down blues
We got the trickle down blues
We got the trickle down blues
'cause we ain't seen a dime trickle down
There ain't no jobs nowhere
We've searched both high and low
But bankers still get bonuses
And we're headed skid row
But the times are a changing
Ain't gonna take no more
They'll be millions of us marching
And we'll knock right on their doors
We got the trickle down blues
'cause we ain't seen a dime trickle down
We got the trickle down blues
We got the trickle down blues
We got the trickle down blues
'cause we ain't seen a dime trickle down

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

The End of the American Dream



They tell us it's Democracy
We're terrorists on their soil
Sounds more like Theocracy
But its really about oil
A business is a person
Someone that has wealth
We haven't learned our lesson
We haven't earned our health
Speak up speak up
Time to be heard
Show up show up
Time to be seen
Wake up wake up
It's the end of the American
End of the American Dream
They said "give us a tax break"
And we'll give you lots of jobs
Because we're the job creators
And we hold all the cards
They tell us it's Democracy
We're terrorists on their soil
Sounds more like Theocracy
But its really about oil

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

A NewWorld is Possible


They've taken our right to negotiate

They won't pay us a living wage

They don't pay fair tax and they operate

Like they believe we are their slaves


We'll if your tired of all their lies

Stand up, join the movement and Occupy

We're gonna change this world

One day at a time, 'cause


We believe, we believe, we believe

A new world is possible

We believe, we believe, we believe

A new world is possible


They perpetuate inequality

They use age, color and sex

They sell our privacy as a commodity

Endanger lives in pursuit of profit


We'll if your tired of all their lies

Stand up, join the movement and Occupy

We're gonna change this world

One day at a time, 'cause