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UNESCO sponsored project to collect peace songs: This UNESCO-endorsed project is intended to encourage people to think about peace, talk about peace, and write a new song that we will collect and self-publish in a book. These songs will promote peace, cultural acceptance and understanding for those who work towards peace throughout the world. See www.newsongsforpeace.org.

Download the CODEPINK Songbook here!? You'll find some tried and true songs of protest, raging granny variations, new songs, and some chants of celebration.

See also the CODEPINK song?by Sandy O. and Pat Humphries, who also wrote "Peace, Salaam, Shalom" and "Keep on Walking".? CDs are available at the CODEPINK Store.

Be creative! Make up your own chants using familiar tunes or rhythms, or try some of these tried and true rally cries to get your group motivated and your message OUT!

"Stuck Inside a War-Torn Wonderland"
by Joe McKenna

(Sung to the tune of "Walking In A Winter Wonderland")
Bombs explode - Are you listenin'
Along the road - Soldiers missin'
We're frightened tonight
Our chopper's in flight
Stuck inside a war-torn wonderland.
Gone away - is the U. N.
Here to stay - Americ-N's;
We've cha-anged our minds
About weapon finds,
(Still we're)
Stuck inside a war-torn wonderland.
In their country we'll set up a council.
We'll pretend it's the Iraqi's voice.
We'll complain that they are at a stand-still.
If we left right now they'd all rejoice.
Later on, we'll rehire
Ba'athist guards
We once fired;
They'll smuggle our schemes
To insurgent teams
(We're)
Stuck inside a war-torn wonderland.
In their country we'll set up a council.
We'll pretend it's the Iraqi's voice.
We'll complain that they are at a stand-still.
If we left right now they'd all rejoice.
Later on, we'll rehire
Ba'athist guards
We once fired;
They'll smuggle our schemes
To insurgent teams
(We're)
Stuck inside a war-torn wonderland.

War to the World (Sung to the tune "Joy to the World")?
(2x)www.progressiveaustin.org

War to the world! Don Rumsfeld declares;Let's go to war for oil!
Arms dealers and oil companies
Will make our foreign policies
And we'll be safe and free!
And we'll be safe and free!
And women and children will all be safe and free!

We rule the world! With bombs and tanks;
So let the war hawks sing!
We'll target all the hospitals
And mosques and pesky journalists

And lie on CNN
And lie on CNN
And NBC and ABC and C-N-N!

War to the world! The empire reigns;
You're with us or against!!
We're good and you are ee-vil
We're good and you are ee-vil
So we'll blow you away
So we'll blow you away
So Merry Christmas, and have a nice day!

Silent Night, Hellish Night(To the tune of Silent Night)?
www.progressiveaustin.org?

Silent night Hellish night
All explodes - burns abright
'Round Iraqi Mother and Child
Sanctioned infant tender and mild
Steeped in endless war
Steeped in endless war

Silent night, hellish night,
Shepherds quake all in fright.
Missiles stream from heaven afar,
Imperial hosts sing to hell with ya;
All because of? oil;
All because of? the oil.

Silent night, terrible night,
Son of? Bush, hate's pure fright.
Laser beams for thy bomb to trace,
Dawn of destruction of the human race,
No, Not in Our Name
No, Not in Our Name.

We Three Thugs a Tribunal Are (To the tune of We Three Kings of Orient Are) (2x)
www.progressiveaustin.org

We three thugs a tribunal are:
No law school, no license, no Bar.
All in secret, none dare speak it:
When we say "traitor" -- you are!
Ooo-oohhhh
Constitution! Bill of Rights!
Vanish in the inky night.
They surveil us, rights will fail us
In our Freedom's dim twilight.


12 Days of Fascism(To the tune of 12 Days of Christmas)
www.progressiveaustin.org

On the twelfth day of fascism
Ashcroft gave to me
Twelve digital implants
Eleven years protesting
Ten less amendments
Nine internment camps
Eight surveillance cameras
Seven TIPsters tipping
Six snoops a-sniffing
Five hanging chads
Four airport friskings
Three wiretappings
Two detained Muslims
And a Department of Homeland Security

The First Bombs Fell (To the tune of The First Noel)
www.progressiveaustin.org

The first bombs fell
On Kabul that night
Collateral damage, they said was quite light.

They-ey said was quite light,
The bombs through the night
The B-52s
They shed their arc light.

Bombs fell,
Bombs fell.
Bombs fell,
Bombs fell,
Torn are the lives,
Of folks where they dwell.

In fields where they lay,
The cluster bomb spray
For children to gather,
In yellow display...

Bombs fell,
Bombs fell.
Bombs fell,
Bombs fell,
Torn are the lives,
Of folks where they fell.


I'm Dreaming of a Just & Peaceful Christmas (to the tune of White Christmas
words by Dan Bacher & others)
www.progressiveaustin.org

I'm dreaming of a Just Christmas
Where nukes and missiles are no more
Where the CIA is hauled away
And our leaders don't bomb foreign shores

I'm dreaming of Just Christmas
Where Bush no longer rules our land
Where our only fight is for human rights
And space weapons are all banned.

I'm dreaming of a Just Christmas
Where sweatshops are forever banned
Where the Christmas toys for? girls and boys
Are all made by union hands

I'm dreaming of a Just Christmas
Where we all make a living wage
Where health care for all both big and small
Is found throughout the world stage

I'm dreaming of a peaceful Christmas
One where the bombs of war are still,
Where the children are living
And we're not giving them toy guns and teaching them to kill....

I'm dreaming of a peaceful Christmas
Here and in lands so far away,
For our days to be merry and bright
We must all say "No" to war tonight.


John Ashcroft is Coming to Town
(To the tune of Santa Claus is Coming to Town words by Barb Ballenger)
www.progressiveaustin.org

You better not shout,
or raise an outcry,
or try to dissent
I'm telling you why:
John Ashcroft is coming to town.

He's making a list
with all sorts of names.
And if you're on it
then you'll be detained.
John Ashcroft is coming to town.

He sees you when you're sleeping;
he knows if you're awake;
He knows if you're a citizen,
so be one for goodness sake.

You better not call
for peace and justice
Or you will be labeled
a terrorist.
John Ashcroft is coming to town.

He's keeping us safe,
and fighting the fight.
There's nothing to lose
but our civil rights
John Ashcroft is coming to town.

He hears you when you're speaking
upon the telephone
He's sorting through your e-mail
and he knows when you're alone.

You better not shout,
or raise an outcry
or try to dissent
I'm telling you why:
John Ashcroft is coming to town.
Oh John Ashcroft is coming to town.
Yes John Ashcroft is running your town!


GI Joe (to the tune of Jingle Bells)
www.progressiveaustin.org

GI Joe, don't you know, War is not the way?
War toys only teach our kids the violent way to play.
Oh! GI Joe, don't you know,? War is not the way?
Let's teach our kids to live in peace 'cause killing's not okay.

Little kids will learn by what their parents do,
So when you buy their toys, it's really up to you....
If you buy them guns, you teach them how to kill,
But violence is not a game and we have had our fill.

GI Joe, don't you know, War is not the way?
War toys only teach our kids the violent way to play.
Oh! GI Joe, don't you know, War is not the way?
Let's teach love and peace instead by what we buy today.

You can buy them books, and dolls and cars that run.
There's lots of things that you can get, but they don't need a gun!
You can give them hugs and teach them how to play
So they'll grow up all safe and sound and not get blown away!

GI Joe, don't you know, War is not the way?
War toys only teach our kids the violent way to play.
Oh! GI Joe, don't you know, War is not the way?
Let's teach love and peace instead by what we buy today.
Let's teach love and peace instead by what we buy today.

International Anthem
by the Therapy Sisters
(To the tune of God Bless America)

God bless the Planet Earth
Land where we live
Stand beside us and guide us
Help us learn how to love and forgive.
From the Holy Land to Afghanistan
From the Andes up to Nome,
God bless the Planet Earth
May all God's children have a home
God bless the Planet Earth
Our home sweet home!


Imagine By John Lennon
www.merseyworld.com

Imagine there's no heaven,It's easy if you try,No hell below us,Above us only sky,Imagine all the peopleliving for today...Imagine there's no countries,It isn't hard to do,Nothing to kill or die for,No religion too,Imagine all the peopleliving life in peace...Imagine no possessions,I wonder if you can,No need for greed or hunger,A brotherhood of man,Imagine all the peopleSharing all the world...You may say I'm a dreamer,but I'm not the only one,I hope some day you'll join us,And the world will live as one.

Happy Holidays (tune of We Wish You a Merry Christmas)
By: Elise Bryant? and Julie McCall

Chorus:
We wish you a happy holiday
We wish you a happy holiday
We wish you a happy holiday
And a peaceful new year

1:
On Kwanzaa and Christmas, Hanukah too
A world without war is our wish to you
2:
?When nations are ruled by greed and by lies our songs and our vision will keep hope alive
3:
?Lets speak out for truth for one thing is clear: Our silence is golden to those who spread fear
4:
The violence of war one day will a cease for it will be stilled by the voices of peace

CODEPINK Rap
by Candace Ross

We're Women in Pink
PEACE is what we serve!
And we don't like Bush
He's got his Nerve!
Invading foreign countries
Blew them all to Hell!
Was it REALLY for freedom?
or an oil well!
We've got a voice!
We're gonna be heard
WE'RE WOMEN FOR PEACE!
Now spread the word!
Word UP my sisters,
There's work to do!
PEACE and SOCIAL JUSTICE
is the job for you
So go tell Santa
what you want this year
is an end to the VIOLENCE
and an end to the FEAR!!

ANTI-OCCUPATION CHANTS!

US Out of Iraq
Let them have their country back!
This Occupation is a crime -
George and Rummy should be doin time

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US out of Iraq!
Let them have their country back!
thousands of innocents slaughtered (now)
Give back the food
And give back the water
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Bring all the troops home now
No WMDs were ever found
They stay and fight for Bush's Lies
And every day another dies

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(Song by Vic):
How many innocents dead and gone?
How many die while we sing this song?

We gotta Get out Now (4xs)

cuz when you say you wanna liberate
what you mean is decide civilian fate

how many soliders have to die?
How many mothers have to cry?
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Money for Jobs and Education,
Not for War and Occupation!

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Occupation is a crime
George W. (or Rumsfeld) should be doin' time!

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100 days of occupation -
not one day of liberation!
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Bush and Cheney did the killing
Now their friends do the drilling!

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Rise UP (Vic's song):

Rise Up!
All you people gonna rise up
And have your say
You better rise up!
All you people gonna rise up
And stand for peace today!

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Dressed in Pink
(From CODEPINK-Davis, CA)

I sing in the kitchen
I sing in the fields
I sing to my babies
You want as your shields

Ref: I sing in a womanvoice
I sing by the sink
I sing claiming power, now,
I sing dressed in pink

I sing in the valleys
I sing in the hills
I sing in my earth-house
Where the fire heals the chill

Ref

I sing of the ocean
I sing of the stars
I sing of my womanblood
Not of blood spilled by Mars

Ref

I sing while I'm darning
I sing as I write
I sing all the woman-songs
You disdain and despite

Ref

The voices grow louder now
We've all left our sinks
We're marching on Washington
And we're all dressed in pink


Copyright 2003 Alison Kent


Tell me what democracy looks like!
This is what democracy looks like!

The people... (beat) united
will never be divided!

Ain?t no power like the power of women
cause the power of women don?t stop! (say what?)

1.2.3.4?
We don?t want your daddy?s war!
5.6.7.8.
Stop the war, stop the hate!

1.2.3.4
We don?t want your oil war!
5.6.7.8.
Stop the violence, stop the hate!

Hell, no! We won?t go!
We won?t die for Texaco!

No Blood for Oil!
No War for oil!

Bush says Code red!
We say Code Pink!

Code Pink for peace!

Women, women!? Take the lead!
Don?t let Bush?s war proceed!

Women, women!? Hear our cries!
Don?t give in to Bush?s lies!

Laura, Laura listen sister!
Take a message to your mister!

Tell him we want peace, (peace) peace (peace) peace!

Laura, Laura Hey first lady!
You?re driving all your sisters crazy!

Take a stand for peace (peace) peace (peace) peace!

Get up! Get down!
There?s an antiwar movement in this town!

What do we want?
Peace!
When do we want it?
NOW!

Listen to the Women, for a change! (repeated 4 times)

(Spiritual-y call and response)
You better rise up
All you people
Rise up
And have your say
Better rise up
All you people
Rise up
And stand for peace today!

Peace, Salaam, Shalom (repeated 4 times)

(To the tune of We Shall Overcome!)
We shall live in peace,
We shall live in peace,
We shall live in peace,
We shall live in peace today!

Occupation is a Crime! George W. should be doing time!