Hoosier Raging Grannies

Some of us still don’t have copies of this song, so here goes.

Consumer Wonderland

(tune of: Winter Wonderland) (words by Erica Avery)

The TV’s on / are you watching?

Another product / that they’re hawking

one more thing you need

to make life complete

Welcome to Consumer Wonderland

In the stores / you will hear it

“Pricey gifts / show Christmas spirit”

That’s what they call it

to get to your wallet

Welcome to Consumer Wonderland

At the mall we can go out shopping

and buy lots of stuff we can’t afford

we’ll have lots of fun with all our new toys

until we realize that we’re still bored

When you shop / ain’t it thrilling

Un—til / you get the billing

the money you still owe/ the stuff broke long ago

Welcome to Consumer Wonderland.

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We had a fun practice at Rachael’s tonight! Granny Cyndi provided us with lyrics from the Raging Grannies without Borders website located at

http://www.geocities.com/raginggranni/HolidaySongs.html

I am having a terrible time with my laptop, so the way I can keep this short is to refer you to the Holiday song document located here:

http://homeofficesite.com/docs/holidaysongs.doc

Here is another song we practiced, and then I’m stopping before I throw this computer against the wall:

LET THE WHOLE WORLD SING
(tune: I Want the Whole Wide World to Sing)

I want to hear the whole world sing
In perfect harmony,
To hear the song of birds, not guns,
Let music set us free.
Free to love and give up hate,
Embrace all humankind.
Let’s start today with songs of peace,
Let them fill our minds.

Let’s start a revolution,
Of song and love and light,
Let every person on the earth
Lift voices clear and bright.
Let’s end the killing and the wars,
And let our songs take flight.
We’ll make a peaceful world where all
Live without war and fright.

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