Daisy,Daisy
Tune: Daisy, Daisy Daisy,Daisy, why don’t we take the bus? Air’s so hazy, smoggy and danderous. What used to be photographic Is now just fullof traffic. We cough and sneeze with every breeze That hits our oesophagus. Gas combustion makes all the engines tick. Air pollution makes everybody sick, Cause we were not meant to breathe it Or live our lives beneath it. We cough and sneeze with every breeze Surviving is quite a trick. 3) Let’s all root for buses and bikes and trains, They’re the best way for anyone with brains. When going to city spaces or Trips to far...
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Song for the Sisters in Spirit
Tune: America the Beautiful Now here we stand on Native land to protest every rose who was adored and died, ignored — a crime we now expose. We call upon authorities of every kind and creed: Step up and do your duty to investigate each deed. When they were lost their lives were tossed away like falling leaves. No searching parties far and wide would happy ends achieve. We know too well these women died because we don’t respect the choices and the pain of those with whom we don’t connect.
Read MoreMy Student Loans
Tune: The Girl that I Marry I live at my dad’s in a basement pad ‘Cause now I’m no longer an undergrad McDonald’s pays my way To so many luxurious things I can’t say. My student loans are a piece of cake They take three-quarters of what I make Lest I take off Or I’m laid off Only thirty years more and they’re paid off And then I can marry No reason to tarry There’ll be. So Canadian kids will be poor or dumb Or flee to countries, and there are some Like Germany, Denmark and Spain and Sweden and Cuba and Ireland so sane Where tuition is...
Read MoreJohnny Baird’s Picnic
Tune: Teddy Bear’s Picnic If you go onto the Hill today, you’re in for a big surprise If you go onto the Hill today, you’d better go in disguise For oil and tar sand companies Will celebrate our policies ‘Cause they’re the guests when Johnny Baird has his picnic. Picnic time for CEOs The big polluters are having a lovely time today Carbon credits, how it shows That they will never, ever have to pay. See their experts spouting lies So all the people will never have any cares — At election time they’ll pay for the Tories And sacrifice the land to...
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