Raging Grannies
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Or Would You Rather Fund a War?

Tune: Would You Like to Swing on a Star
Songwriter: Lee Stanfield
Gaggle: Tucson
Key: G sharp above Middle C
Written: January 1, 1970
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Would you ra-ther have tax money

pay all healthcare for you and me

and treat ev‘ryone equal-ly

or would you ra-ther fund a war?

Both major parties have their corp’rate pol-iti-shuns

who always sing the same familiar song.

They nev-er hesi-tate… to spend BILL-YUNS

on ev’ry new weapon that comes a-long!

But with a healthcare system that would save us money in-stead

THEY claim that would put us in the red!

HUH???!!!

If you’re tired of pol-iticians who

do just what their corp‘rat donors say,

WE have a message for you.

There real-ly is a better way!

Real progressive candidates can save our nation.

They do not take corp’rate do-na-tions.

That kind of president’s one that we

know will fight for you and me!

So if you’re tired of all the war-in’ and the hate-in’, take heed.

Pro-gres-sive candi-dates are what we need.

You can tell a pro-gres-sive from a fake

by lookin’ at do-na-tions that they take.

The ones they take money from

get to say how our country’s run!

A true progressive can-didate won’t take money from

the in-dustry of guns and war wea-pons.

or from the for-profit health indus-try

In-stead their funders are you and me!

If you’re fed up with broken prom-i-ses, then please don’t just vent!

Vote for A pro-GRES-sive pre-si-dent!