1
PEACE SALAAM SHALOM
Peace, salaam, shalom
Peace, salaam, shalom
Peace, salaam, shalom
Peace, salaam, shalom [repeat, repeat]
2
WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED
We shall not, we shall not be moved
We shall not, we shall not be moved
Just like a tree, planted by the water
we shall not be moved
Stop the war on cities –
no troops in our streets!
Stop the war on cities –
no troops in our streets!
We will be free – We say no to tyranny
We shall not be moved
No! No! No nos moverán
No! No! No nos moverán
Como un árbol firme junto al rio
No nos moverán
Immigrants and natives, we shall not be moved
Immigrants and natives, we shall not be moved
We will be free! We say no to tyranny!
We shall not be moved!
Shut down ICE and CBP!
Shut down ICE and CBP!
They perpetrate crimes against humanity
Stop the cruelty!
Racist deportations, Nazi policies
hunting down our people, acting lawlessly
They perpetrate crimes against humanity
Stop the cruelty!
We shall take our country back
from the fascist Trump attacks
Because it’s ours, we re-claim democracy
we shall take it back!
3
GOTTA STOP THE NUKES
Tune: Rolling in the Deep by Adele
There’s a factory, in New Mexico
making the evilest inventions ever known:
weapons of mass destruction, death and hate
All living things on earth they wanna incinerate
Cost of making bombs is astronomical
Why keep on making something so unthinkable?
“Deterrence,” they say – that’s what nukes are for
But all the nukes on earth will never deter a war
Our kids and grandkids, their lives are precious
And for their sake now we’ve got to stop the nukes!
All living creatures, all life is precious
And for life’s sake, we’ve got to stop the nukes!
Let us live in peace!
You’re playing with the end of the world
So stop playing! Let us be!
They who love these mass murder machines
They are mass murderers, with us in their fever dreams
Hiroshima was kindergarten play
Don't underestimate the ghouls who want doomsday
Our kids and grandkids, their lives are precious
and for their sake now, we’ve got to stop the nukes!
All living creatures, all life is precious
And for life’s sake, we’ve got to stop the nukes!
Let us live in peace!
You’re playing with the end of the world
So stop playing! Let us be!
Got to stop the nukes!
Let us live in peace!
You’re playing with the end of the world
So stop playing! Let us be!
4
TAKE ME OUT OF THE BOMB GAME
Tune: Take Me Out To the Ball Game
Take me out of the bomb game
Take me out of the wars
Buy me no nuclear warheads, Jack
I’ll be glad if they never come back
Oh, it’s Booo! Booo! Booo! for the bomb team
If they should win, we all lose
And it’s one! One! One strike we’re out
at the old bomb game!
5
LET ‘EM BE Tune: Let It be
Should the U.S. be provoking war
on Venezuela recklessly?
There’s an easy answer: Let ’em be!
And why should we bomb fishing boats
when we’ve no proof of their misdeeds?
Here’s some words of wisdom: Let ’em be!
Let ’em be! Let ’em be!
Let ’em be! Let ’em be!
Hands off Venezuela! Let ’em be!
They claim there’s cocaine
on those dinghies,
fentanyl and deadly things
So they blow them up, don’t wait and see
But it’s a hoax, the “war on drugs”
It’s murder on the open seas
These are crimes against humanity
Let ’em be! Let ’em be!
Let ’em be! Let ’em be!
Hands off Venezuela! Let ’em be!
So why the military buildup,
threatening so baselessly?
Why not let a sovereign nation be?
And what did Venezuela do
to earn so much hostility?
Sit on massive oil and energy!
Let ’em be! Let ’em be!
Let ’em be! Let ’em be!
Hands off Venezuela! Let ’em be! [repeat]
6
LANL: BANE OF THE LIVING
Tune: Me & Julio Down By the Schoolyard
LANL is building more atom bombs
gonna lead to annihilation
The people say NO! ’cause the people know
that the bombs are an abomination
It's against the law; United Nations law;
nukes have been outlawed; they are against the law
They poison our water, poison the air
with plutonium radiation
“Safety” they vowed, but they lied, so now
we’re demanding a complete cessation
Cease and desist!
You don't know who you’re harming
Cease and desist!
Don’t have a right to endanger us
Goodbye to LANL, bane of the living!
Gotta shut you down or you'll blow up the whole world
Gotta shut you down or you'll blow up the whole world
Donnie Dementia loves dropping bombs,
got his finger on the nuclear button
Don’t you feel a bit spooked about making more nukes
as we teeter on the edge of destruction?
Cease and desist!
You don't know who you’re harming
Cease and desist!
Don’t have a right to endanger us
Goodbye to LANL, bane of the living!
Gotta shut you down or you'll
blow up the whole world [3 times]
7
CRY FOR GAZA
Tune: Don't Cry for Me, Argentina
Cry for the children of Gaza
The blue skies rain terror on you
There is no refuge
nowhere to run to
Your parents slaughtered
right there beside you
Cry for the mothers of Gaza
We hope you’ll someday forgive us
for our tax dollars
sending the missiles
that kill your children
and burn your cities
Cry for the fathers of Gaza,
defending your ancient homelands
Your homes demolished,
your children starving
And still you struggle
to keep your birthright
One day the world will awaken
and call for your liberation
Justice to those who
gain from your suffering
You’ll live and flourish
in your free nation
8
WHEN WE MAKE PEACE INSTEAD OF WAR
Tune: When the Saints Go Marching In
When we make peace instead of war,
and foster peace from shore to shore,
we will live and thrive together
We will prosper more and more
When we trade bombs for aid & food
and when our only goal is good
we will make the whole world better
We can do this and we should
When atom bombs are history
& from their threat the world is free,
what a burden will be lifted
We will save humanity!
When all our leaders see the light:
that ending war is only right
We will all rejoice together
and our joy will light the night
When we make peace with mother earth
and when we stop abusing her
she'll repay us with abundance
So, we must allow rebirth
Now poverty is violence
And starving kids is violence
Let’s put people before warheads
Nothing less makes any sense
When we make peace with everyone
and when we ban all bombs and guns
we will be greatest winners
’cause it’s peace we will have won!
9
GOD BLESS OUR PLANET EARTH
Tune: God Bless America
God bless our planet, Earth
world that we love
Let all creatures, and people
live in peace, like in heaven above
Bless the continents, and the islands
and the oceans, white with foam
God bless our planet, Earth
our home, sweet home
God bless our planet, Earth
our home, sweet home!
10
RAISE YOUR VOICE Tune: Danny Boy
Listen with heart, you’ll hear their voices calling
from Palestine, where terror reigns supreme
voices of sorrow, grief and desperation
They call to us: to our humanity
So raise your voice to protest inhumanity!
And raise your voice for thousands who’ve been slain
Together we must change the course of history
Keep singing loud and proud ’til freedom is attained
We sing for children – orphaned, scared and hungry
We sing for women – struggling to be free
We sing for men – just trying to save their families
Yes, these are human beings like you and me
We raise our voice with power for the powerless!
We call for peace, from river to the sea
Together we will honor every human life
Keep singing loud and proud ’til Palestine is free
LAST NIGHT I HAD THE STRANGEST DREAM
Last night I had the strangest dream I'd ever dreamed before
I dreamed the world had all agreed to put an end to war
I dreamed I saw a mighty room, filled with women and men
And the paper they were signing said they'd never fight again
And when the paper was all signed and a billion copies made
They all joined hands & bowed their heads
and grateful prayers were prayed
And the people in the streets below
were dancing round and round
While swords and guns and uniforms
were scattered on the ground
So, let us share this lovely dream of people living in peace
Now loving kindness rules the day, and bombs are but history
Now all our children 'round the world are safe & loved & free
We all know that’s how life should be
so please – share this dream with me!
Every social movement in history has relied on singing together as a way of building solidarity and motivating action. The Raging Grannies are carrying on this tradition of protest singing. Anyone is welcome to use our song lyrics for protest. Bring some to your next demonstration and get the crowd to sing along. Revise the lyrics as needed. Just don't use them commercially, for profit, or for personal gain, including recording and performing.
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