(draft version) Now is the time. Our vote is the only way out of this. I wrote this in hopes of encouraging us to vote! It is our right and responsibility. Bad things will get worse if we don't. It's a sing along : ) ! This the family friendly version. It's not quite done - but I had to get it out!
lyrics
We Gonna...
Alicia Healey
2022
V1
Only time will tell,
Who will stumble who will do well
Working for the poor and the meek
Or those - who seek
Power through their lies
Power through their hate
A collection of sad, little minds
It’s time to stop ‘em, this November 8!
CH
We gonna march, we gonna shout, we gonna RUN, vote the bastards/bad ones out
We gonna jump, we gonna sing, take it back, Let freedom truly ring
Keep doing what we do, spice it up with a win or two
Stand strong hand in hand - let peace rule this land
We gonna shout
V2
It’s a tiny minority, got their boot on our necks
Holding even their team hostage, scared of what comes next
But I still believe
That we can win the day
Defeat their beast of fear
Bring ‘em in and find our way
CH
BRIDGE
Lately, we’ve developed some habits
Of waiting for them to behave, not believing it could get worse
Well, friends it's here. It’s been coming for years
It’s up to me and you, so what we gonna do???
CH
We gonna march, we gonna shout, we gonna RUN, vote the bastards/bad ones out
We gonna jump, we gonna sing, take it back, Let freedom truly ring
Keep doing what we do, spice it up with a dollar or two
Stand strong for what you believe
Demand your place
Use your outside voice (Peace and joy can be loud)
Shine Your light
Come together with all our might -
CH
We’re gonna fight, we’re gonna win, we’re gonna make room, let all the ideas in
We’re gonna play hard, not float, we got the numbers if we all vote
Keep doing what we do, click it up a notch or two
Stand strong hand in hand, bring justice back to this land
We gonna march, were gonna shout, we gonna jump, we gonna sing
we gonna march, we gonna shout, we gonna win, cuz we gonna fight.
Alicia Healey is a songwriter, producer and studio owner in Seattle, WA.
She learned to
sing from Streisand, Parton, Simon and Newton-John and learned to write from John Prine, Gretchen Peters, Patty Griffin and Cat Stevens.
She found & grew a passion for music as a kid on the living room floor of an Iowa farmhouse, with a set of Robucks headphones and her dad’s LP collection....more
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