Protest songs

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

 

[lilchi721]

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Don't want no cash
Don't need no money
Ain't got no stash
This note's for you.

Ain't singin' for Pepsi
Ain't singin' for Coke
I don't sing for nobody
Makes me look like a joke
This note's for you.

Ain't singin' for Miller
Don't sing for Bud
I won't sing for politicians
Ain't singin' for Spuds
This note's for you.

Don't need no cash
Don't want no money
Ain't got no stash
This note's for you.

I've got the real thing
I got the real thing, baby
I got the real thing
Yeah, alright.

 

[lilchi721]

Priests

Anything you want, anyone you want, anywhere you want, anyway anyway
Anything you want, anyone you want, anywhere you want, anyway anyway
Anyway anyway

Magical psychology, deceptive anthropology
All the wing nuts got a haircut, bred and had babies
Bred and had babies

Anything you want, anyone you want, anywhere you want, anyway anyway
Anything you want, anyone you want, anywhere you want, anyway anyway
Anything you want, anyone you want
A puppet show in which you’re made to feel like you participate
Sign a letter, throw your shoe, vote for numbers 1 or 2

Consider the options of a binary
Consider the options of a binary
Consider the options of a binary
Consider the options of a binary

Come on palm trees, come on soft seas, come on vacation, come on SUV
Oooh baby my American dream oooh baby my American dream
Come on sitcom, come on streaming, come on nostalgia, nineties TV
Oooh baby my American dream oooh baby my American dream
Come on nothing, come on surface meaning, come on cash grab, safety masturbating
Oooh baby my American dream oooh baby my American dream

“I am not done fundraising, I am anticipating, appreciation, new age painting”

It’s common disease, It’s a common disease
Lap dog or tease, lap dog or tease
It’s a common disease, Lap dog or tease
Lap dog or tease, so

Kneel at the feet of programming, I’m really not concerned with what you think
You are just a cog in the machine and I am a wet dream soft and mean
Thick line steam, slick and mean
You’re too pitiful to be obscene, too cowardly to be embarrassing

Reinforcing everything killing all that bleed, so
So, so, so
So, swear it on the leaves
Swear it on the leaves, swear it on the leaves
Swear it on the leaves, swear it on the leaves
Swear it on the leaves, swear it on the leaves
Swear it on the leaves, swear it on the leaves
Swear it on the leaves

Anything you want, anyone you want, anywhere you want, anyway anyway
Anything you want, anyone you want, anywhere you want, anyway anyway
Anyway

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

 

[lilchi721]

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

 

[lilchi721]

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

I never really understood religion
Except it seems a good excuse to kill
I never really could make a decision
I don't suppose I ever really will

I can't relate to any power structure
Where ego is the driving energy
I let mine go long, long time ago, now
When I decided that I would be free

Only thing I understand is living
The biggest sacrifice to make is death
Once you're dead, there's noting left for giving
The life means fighting your every breath

 

[lilchi721]

[Verse 1]
Oh, it was a year when everybody died
And it was a year when the adults and children cried
For the loss of their hope, for the loss of their youth
And next year might be better but I don't see any proof

[Pre-Chorus]
And this year it seemed like nothing really mattered
You could say any horrible thing and rise to the top of this shitheap

[Chorus]
So if you still have friends
Raise a glass with them
Saying, "Happy New Year, Prince can't die again"
"No, happy New Year, Prince can't die again"

[Verse 2]
Okay, but this could be a great year if you're rich
Or if you're a racist craving an authoritarian hand
And the sun will shine on you if you hate women
And then the sun itself will turn us all to sand

[Pre-Chorus]
Yeah, this year it seemed like nothing really mattered
You could be any horrible thing and rise to the top of this shitheap

[Chorus]
So if you still have friends
Raise a glass with them
Saying, "Happy New Year, Prince can't die again"
"No, happy New Year, Prince can't die again"

[Verse 3]
So gather with your retrograde relations at the table
Nursing hangovers with hatefulness and fear
Remember who needs to get out and see the world
Play the long game, muster up some cheer
'Cause if they believe that nothing really matters
All that winning might end sooner than they think
We might not have democracy or freedom anymore
But resistance will be hatched around this drink
[Outro]
And yes, you you still have friends
So raise a glass with them
Saying, "Happy New Year, Prince can't die again"
"Happy New Year, everything ends"
"Happy New Year, the South won't rise again"
"No, Happy New Year, gotta work to make that arc bend"
"Yeah, Happy New Year, away from these old white men"
"Yeah, Happy New Year, at least Prince can't die again"
"Happy New Year, it can't be this one again"

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Genesis

 

[lilchi721]

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

 

[lilchi721]

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

All babies together, everyone a seed
Half of us are satisfied, half of us in need
Love's bountiful in us, tarnished by our greed
When will there be a harvest for the world

A nation planted, so concerned with gain
As the seasons come and go, greater grows the pain
And far too many feelin' the strain
When will there be a harvest for the world

Gather everyman, gather everywoman
Celebrate your lives, give thanks for your children
Gather everyone, gather all together
Overlooking none, hopin' life gets better for the world

Dress me up for battle, when all I want is peace
Those of us who pay the price, come home with the least
Nation after nation, turning into beasts
When will there be a harvest for the world

 

[lilchi721]

Pete Seeger

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

 

[lilchi721]

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Todd Rundgren