We're the people of the world against war 2 x's you can hear us shouting out - what's this madness for? you can find us everywhere - we're the people of the world against war
Rally round the flag boys - our tis of thee our country right or wrong But the rulers at the top don't care about you or me and that's why I wrote this song
Chorus We're the people of the world against war 2 x's you can hear us shouting out - what's this madness for? you can find us everywhere - we're the people of the world against war
an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth (a tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye) will leave us all toothless and blind and the ones whoever thought up this thing called "war" they must have been out of their mind! Chorus
CRAZY WORLD by Barry Gruber
Bigger, faster, better, best Every day you get another test I wonder who will make the grade I wonder who is gonna fade
Well, everybody’s reachin’ high They don’t know how and they don’t know why They talk about their foolish pride And wonder about suicide or hell
CHORUS: It’s a crazy world (You can say that again) I will IT”S A CRAZY WORLD
Trouble comes in every size It sneaks up on you by surprise You look around for sympathy But nowadays find nothings free
Well, I would pay to find the truth But I don’t have money and you don’t have proof I’d settle for a shoulder To cry on while I hold her, oh my, my
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The people on my TV set I’d like to have their lives, you bet They always get to laugh just when The world begins to trouble them
But we read our scripts A day too late Not a word from God or a sign from fate We know the sun goes up and down But why do we go round and round and round
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MADHOUSE by Moogy Klingman
This is a nice Hotel but one thing that I should tell you about you can always check in you can almost never ever check out CHORUS Somebody help me cause I'm going insane They're stealing my marbels and re-arranging my brain I think I can make it I'll get through somehow just get me out of this madhouse now! get me out of this madhouse now! They got the guards at my doo(r), I know I'm not in very good shape but if we talk really low, you can maybe help me make my escape CHORUS BRIDGE Man, it sure ain't funny there is no way out that I can see, and all of you are really lucky not to have the same situation as me.... can't you see. I have so many good friends But they keep them under lock and key We still have a lot in common Cause we all dream of getting Free CHORUS BRIDGE You have to come by again, cause they never let me travel to far they've upped the dosage in my medicine and they even took away my guitar CHORUS repeats
OBAMA, DON'T BOMB-A by Barry Gruber & Moogy Klingman
He said he was a man of peace He said he was a man of change Tryin’ to rearrange what’s been done He made all the promises under the sun
He said that he would wage war wisely But war’s no solution at all What kind of promises are these When we need a man of peace
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Remember in November, We voted you in to end the war You’re charismatic, patriotic Don’t send our boys to kill and die no more
You said you’d make us all as one You’re not afraid to use a gun But we ask you Barack please Don’t send our boys overseas
Just listen to our mighty voices Save our money for the economy We need you to make the right choices What a great nation we can be
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MALLTOWN by Barry Gruber
In my home town if you wanted a hamburger You might have gone to see Joe He made a cheeseburger to which none could compare What he put in there nobody knows
Till one day McDonalds put up its gates With its bright uniforms and hamburgers in crates
CHORUS: Whatever happened to old Joe Why did he have to go away Is there no room for the Old Joes In Mall Town USA
I can remember the grocery man He knew everyone in this town He’d give you credit without a card Just a handshake and no money down
Not like that Safeway with all its aisles Takes all your money across many miles
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BRIDGE: From New York to Chicago Detroit to LA, From Pittsburgh to Houston It’s all the same
Even the churches are closing down All of the Children are leaving town
But now my home town is a chain store delight And I heard they gave up without a fight I heard the hardware man’s business died slow Caught in a price-war with a Home Depot
But look in the junk yard and you will find Something familiar – the old Joe’s Burgers Sign
REPEAT CHORUS I AIN'T MARCHING ANYMORE By Phil Ochs
Oh I marched to the battle of New Orleans At the end of the early British war The young land started growing The young blood started flowing But I ain't marchin' anymore
For I've killed my share of Indians In a thousand different fights I was there at the Little Big Horn I heard many men lying I saw many more dying But I ain't marchin' anymore (chorus)
It's always the old to lead us to the war It's always the young to fall Now look at all we've won with the saber and the gun Tell me is it worth it all
For I stole California from the Mexican land Fought in the bloody Civil War Yes I even killed my brothers And so many others But I ain't marchin' anymore
For I marched to the battles of the German trench In a war that was bound to end all wars Oh I must have killed a million men And now they want me back again But I ain't marchin' anymore
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For I flew the final mission in the Japanese sky Set off the mighty mushroom roar When I saw the cities burning I knew that I was learning That I ain't marchin' anymore
Now the labor leader's screamin' when they close the missile plants, United Fruit screams at the Cuban shore, Call it "Peace" or call it "Treason," Call it "Love" or call it "Reason," But I ain't marchin' any more, No I ain't marchin' any more JIMI IN THE SKY by Moogy Klingman
I went down to a club called the cafe wha in the summer of 66 And I heard him play on his guitar he knew a lot of fancy tricks I said "Jimi can I join your band?" I play the organ and harmonica too" He said, "Son, come on up on the bandstand. Let me hear just what you can do" So I played on my harp while he sang "Shotgun" and the audience they started shouting hurray Jimi say, "You can join my band now son" In fact, you can start right away
chorus Jimi in the Sky looking down from up above he's sending out a message that's filling me with love Jimi in the Sky his music's all around he always lifts me up he never lets me down Jimi in the sky.......sky.........sky........ Jimi in the sky!
So I joined Jimi's band at the cafe wha and we'd play from the dusk till the dawn and a better rock 'n roll band you never saw till the day that Jimi was gone Yes, he flew away to London, traveling so very far, He was looking for Experience, they say And when he came back to New York he was a star but we'd still jam from the nite to the day
chorus Jim's long since gone, but his legend grows More and more everyday. There must be a church of Jimi somewhere, cause people talk to him when they pray, Now he's more like a god than he was a man, but Jimi once walked among us and I played in his band chorus
WHY DOES EVERYONE WAIT UNTIL CHRISTMAS by Barry Gruber
WHY DOES EVERYONE WAIT UNTIL CHRISTMAS To give a present or a card Why do they wait until Valentine’s Day Is sayin’ I love you so damn hard
We forget to give thanks till Thanksgiving Sin away till Yom Kippur or Lent Save resolutions till New Years Eve And the rest of the year we forget ‘em
Do you think you’d forget where you came from If they didn’t have mothers day Do you buy a sweet card for a buck at the drug store To tell you what to say
The calendar’s got a day just for fathers And for sons who have died in a war And the 4th of July to remember the words That they had to die for
Why can’t every day be like Christmas morning Every moment a Happy New Year Seasons Greetings in June wouldn’t be called too soon If you knew there was nothing to fear
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NO PLEASURE, NO PAIN by Barry Gruber
We live in a world of confusion and pain I’ve learnt from my teachers to be selfish and vain
But I know there must be – some other way There’s a world that I’ve seen – No pleasure, No pain
Chorus:
No Pleasure, No Pain No Victories, None slain No wishes, No tears No riches, No fears
We live in a world of destruction and hate You say it’s not your world but I say, just you wait
Cause you’re gonna feel it – it’s always the same When you look for pleasure – you always find pain
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Bridge:
Wake up and find it for yourself Your inner peace, your greatest wealth Give up the lies that you’ve been taught You’ll learn the truth’s not what you thought You’ll learn the truth
Repeat chorus
Solo on Verse
Chorus
ONE LUCKY DAY by Moogy Klingman
Now the time it has come and our country's off to war still they never seem to tell us, what this war is for and our sons and our daughters they'll be sent to distant shores may we all meet up again, one lucky day Say so long to your Johny as he waves to you goodbye and he leaves his poor mommy off to war to kill and die though your dreams may be shattered oh mama, don't you cry cause we may all meet up again, one lucky day
CHORUS and we'll all come to greet you when your ship comes sailing in and the fog comes a rolling cross the bay and we'll be there to meet you - drinking whiskey, rum and gin we may all meet up again - one lucky day and the king say "War's upon us and the battle's just begun!" but there are many here amongst us, who see this world as one and war just maims the daughters and murders all the sons, and we'll put an end to war one lucky day
CHORUS BRIDGE I can hear the guns and cannons ringing out Johny's gone off to war mama's on the shore and she is crying out. yes she waits and waits but Johny comes home no more! CHORUS
CITIZENS OF EARTH by Barry Gruber
Do you hear the bombs Can’t you see the flames Are you really that far from the bunkers
Can’t you see the homeless Can’t you feel their pain Are you really that far from the hunger
Maybe you should open up your heart You’ll see what’s been true right from the start
Chorus That our home is the Third Planet from the sun And we share the good and bad with everyone You get your responsibility at birth North South East or West All citizens of Earth
What do you call home Is it just your room Are your four walls your only borders
Or is home a city Or maybe it’s a state Or a country bounded by its waters
Maybe you should open up your eyes Take a look around you, realize
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Who knows who’s to blame Who knows what to do Who knows how to stop the grief and murder
Where does the buck stop Or should we blame the Euros Why’s a man who cares called a deserter
Maybe you should open up your eyes Take a look around you, realize
FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH by Stephen Stills
There's something happening here What it is ain't exactly clear There's a man with a gun over there Telling me I got to beware
CHORUS: I think it's time we stop, hey, what's that sound Everybody look what's going down
There's battle lines being drawn Nobody's right if everybody's wrong Young people speaking their minds Getting so much resistance from behind
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What a field-day for the heat A thousand people in the street Singing songs and carrying signs Mostly say, hooray for our side
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Paranoia strikes deep Into your life it will creep It starts when you're always afraid You step out of line, the man come and take you away
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WORLD WAR IV by Barry Gruber
Take a look inside yourself and you’ll find There’s a battle raging in your mind You are your own enemy Darkness against Light
Chorus:
World War 1V When the final battle’s done Everybody will be one When you see we’re all the same There’ll be no one left to blame And when everybody’s free There won’t have to be a World War III
Get ahold of your integrity Your imagination is your key Hope is a command Like a weapon in your hand
(Repeat Chorus)
Everyone’s a winner in this fight For the understanding of what’s right There’s no better way Won’t you volunteer today
(Repeat Chorus)
HERE COME THE PEACENIKS by Moogy Klingman
When the bombs fall from above they know that war is bad for children they know the answer is peace and love if war is the question, the answer is peace and love Verse Oh there is pain - somewhere in this world somewhere in this world you will agree Oh bombs will reign somewhere in this world our banners will unfurl- and That's where we'll be! VERSE when push comes to shove somewhere in this world somewhere in this world there's still love and the sun will shine somewhere in this world we've got to save the world cause it's yours and mine Bridge Where's there's walls of hate there is one thing I have found spread a little love and watch those walls come tumbling down!
CHERISH THE WORLD by Moogy Klingman & Mari Takagi
Wake up, the sun it shines the sky is clear the birds and bees the leaves in the trees yes, mother nature is here
stand up, take a walk with me, my friend a beatiful day is drifting away soon it will come to an end
no need to tell you, I think you know you know that time is running out the life of our planet is in doubt go spread the word to each woman and man now is the time to save the land the fate of the whole world's in our hands
chorus Stand up and cherish the world as it goes from sea to shining sea it's always there for you and me Stand up and cherish the world cause it's crying out to be saved together we must be brave and cherish the world
Rise up all of the people stand as one through city and town our world will rebound now that our work has begun
Stand up and take this message everywhere the earth and the sky hear how they cry yes, we must show them we care
Go ring your bells and go make your plans we must bring peace to the land now is the time to take a stand the day has come so let us begin let me show you how we got to save the whole world now
