TOPANGA – my home, where I think globally, act locally, love my family and friends, laugh, write, and remember the past so I have better tools to move into the future. TOPANGA Let’s live in a cave in Topanga (C7-C#7)-D7-F#6-G6 Just the place to be alone with you D7-G-G6 We could have a ball! C7 […]
Audience: Parents/Foster Parents
Me And You
ME AND YOU – I don’t need you to “see it my way”, but I do need you to at least “see my way.” Me And You If you’d been through what (079900) I’ve been through (079800) If you grew up like me A(077699)-E(076900) Then you would do what I do A(077699)-E(076900) Instead of what […]
Just Capital
JUST CAPITAL – A woman on television stood with her grown children in the rubble of her destroyed home. “I wish I was dead!” she said, “I have no reason to live!” Horrible as it was, I felt someone had sold a ‘bill of goods’ to this woman about what was really important in her […]
Good Book
GOOD BOOK – Jamila Raqib works with Gene Sharp, whose books have been used by many organizers of recent non-violent people’s protests, helping them learn how to overthrow their dictators. GOOD BOOK Cho1: Read a good book, you should read this Good book if you live with a dictator! Read a good book, it can […]
We’re Here For You
WE’RE HERE FOR YOU – Feminist Women’s Health Centers in California and Atlanta provide complete health services for all women. I thought a Peter Alsop song might help them promote what they do so well. WE’RE HERE FOR YOU! (tune of Ya Get A Little Xtra) C Cho: We’re F-W (clap!) H-C G We’ve got […]
GMO Cafe’
GMO CAFE’ – Carol Koury went into a restaurant, ordered and asked whether the food had GMO’s, and no one there knew what they were GMO Cafe’ (Reggae) (capo3) Intro: Am-D-Dsus4-D V1: I asked my waitress “Do you know? Am-D This food include GMOs?” D-Am I saw her face, her eyes got wide Am-D She […]
Hollaback
Hollaback in an organization founded by Emily May. She and hundreds of other women and men from all over the world use cel phones, social media and legislative pressure to raise awareness about, and stop street harassment. HOLLABACK (to the tune of Lollipop) Chorus Holla-back, Holla-back, oh Holla, holla, holla G-Em-C-D7 Holla-back, Holla-back, */oh Holla, […]
Let’s Not Do This Anymore
LET’S NOT DO THIS ANYMORE – on a camping with my family, a domestic fight broke out in the next tent I had to figure out how to intervene Asleep late at night in a crowded camp site, Dm-000221 Crash woke me up, then a scream and a curse Dm7-Dm6 Outside my tent, couple having […]
Frack, Frack, Fracking
FRACK, FRACK, FRACKING came out of a discussion with my buddy Chris Wrather, who supported his small local community in California to take action to stop outside profiteers from endangering their health and water. FRACK, FRACK, FRACKING ChoA: Frack-frack-fracking What the frack is fracking? Fracking’s using water To whack oil from our ground. ChoB: Frack-frack-fracking […]
River Of Life
RIVER OF LIFE is about helping each other stay alive and afloat in the river, … not just humans, but all living animals and plants. RIVER OF LIFE A Cho: We’re floating down the river of life together – Bm-A Some float better than others, yes it’s true -Bm-A (Bm-A) Floating down the river of […]