Ain't gonna let nobody turn me around
turn me around, turn me around (repeat)
Gonna keep on walking, keep on talking,
Gonna build a better world
Ain't gonna let no fracking
…Big O-il
…No corporations
…No lobbyists
…No denial
…No funding cuts
…No dumbing down
…No pseudo science

(Tune of Bye Bye Love by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant /recorded by the Everly Brothers)
New words by Bill Pinkham and Bonnie Lockhart         
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CHORUS:
Bye bye coal
Bye bye filthiness
Hello healthiness
Bye bye to coal, goodbye
(sing chorus twice)

Old Phil Tagami, he had a plan
He'd transport coal trains through West Oakland
But the city council told him "No way!"
That coal in Utah is there to stay

So Phil is suing our coal-free town
But his coal lawsuit is going down
'Cause we want Oakland to be coal free
And we believe in democracy

So Phil Tagami, your plan's a bust
We'll have new jobs here without coal dust!
So drop the lawsuit, and be a sport
Let's bring some clean jobs to our home port

Come & go with me to that land, (repeat 3X)
where I'm bound. (repeat chorus)

There's no fracking in that land…
Solar Power in that land…
No fossil fuels….
Jobs and justice…
Honest science…
Funded research…
Climate justice…
Green and clean….

Traditional, Spain, sixteenth century, adopted as the anthem of the United Farmworkers          Download printable version

De colores, de colores se visten los campos en la primavera.
De colores, de colores son los pajaritos que vienen de afuera.
De colores, de colores es el arco iris que vemos lucir.
Y por eso los grandes amores de muchos colores me gustan a mi. (Repeat)

Canta el gallo, canta el gallo con el quiri, quiri, quiri, quiri, qui, la gallina,
La gallina con el cara, cara, cara, cara, cara, los polluelos,
Los polluelos con el pio, pio, pio, pio, pi.
Y por eso los grandes amores de muchos colores me gustan a mi. (Repeat)

Tune: Bella Ciao New Words by Sing for the Climate

We need to wake up, we need to wise up
We need to open our eyes and do it now, now, now!
We need to build a better future
And we need to start right now!

We're on a planet that has a problem
We've got to solve it, get involved and do it now, now, now! We need to build a better future
And we need to start right now!

Make it greener
Make it cleaner
Make it last, make it fast, and do it now, now, now now!
We need to build a better future. . .

No point in waiting
Or hesitating
We must get wise, take no more lies
And do it now, now, now now!
We need to build a better future. . .

(Music: Proud Mary by John Fogerty, new words: Bonnie Lockhart)
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If you go down to Lake Merritt ( the demo)
Bet you're gonna find some people who care
People need the power
Got to seize the hour
New York City, Oakland and everywhere!
Big Oil can't keep burnin' We got the tide a'turnin'
Growin', Growin, Growin' climate movement (X2)

We can make jobs in the city
We don't have to burn those fossil fuels!
There is wealth aplenty
Use it for the many
One percent won't keep on makin' rules
Big Oil can't keep burnin' . . . .

We got imagination
We can build up new technology
With a common vision
Make a just transition
Workplaces with real democracy.
Big Oil can't keep burnin'. . .

(Song by Leonard Cohen, new words by Gary Lapow and
Climate/Science March SISTRs)

In this time of loss and fear
With open hearts we gather here
I can see the hope and love light shining through ya

We sing today to take a stand
To rise together, hand in hand
No lies that pass for science gonna fool ya
Hallelujah! (4x)

Our power is the rising sun
That gives its light to everyone
You don't need fossil fuels no more now, do ya?

With wind and water we'll survive
Clean energy will help us thrive
Our children will be singing hallelujah!
Hallelujah! (4x)…

Words by Bonnie Lockhart; chorus to Hard Ain't It Hard, (Woody Guthrie); verse to New River Train, traditional
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It's hard, ain’t it hard, ain’t it hard,
Ya can’t get easy oil anymore,
It's hard, ain’t it hard, ain’t it hard, great God!
‘Cause fossil fuel is just a dinosaur.
Darlin’ you can't drill in the sea, Darlin’ you can't drill in the sea,
If you drill in the sea, just remember BP!
Darlin’ you can’t drill in the sea.

Darlin’ you can’t pump the Tar Sands, (2x)
If you pump the Tar Sands you pollute the heartlands,
Darlin’ you can’t pump the Tar Sands.

Darlin’ you can’t drill the North Slope, (2x)
If you drill the North Slope people rise up and say “Nope!”
Darlin’ you can’t drill the North Slope.

Darlin’ you can’t take it from Iraq, (2x)
If you take it from Iraq there is major blow back,
Darlin’ you can’t take it from Iraq.

Darlin’ you can’t frack natural gas, (2x)
If you frack natural gas, that’s a gas we ought to pass!
Darlin’ you can’t frack natural gas.

Darlin’ you can’t drill anywhere, (2x)
You can’t drill anywhere, there’s too much carbon in the air,
Darlin’ you can’t drill anywhere.

(Do Lord Remember Me); New words byNancy Schimmel
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What is this I’m eating? I want to know.
What is this I’m eating? I want to know.
What is this I’m eating? I want to know.
So I won’t eat GMO.

Put it on the label, I want to know.
Put it on the label, I want to know.
Put it on the label, I want to know.
So I won’t eat GMO

I won’t be your guinea pig, I want to know (3x)
And I won’t eat GMO

Gonna make Monsanto tell me, I want to know. (3x)
So I won’t eat GMO

I got an allergy to ignorance, I want to know. (3x)
So I won’t eat GMO

Put it on the label, I want to know. (3x)
So I won’t eat GMO

To the tune of "Yellow Rose of Texas"
New words by Nancy Schimmel & Bonnie Lockhart
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The Dakota Access Pipeline
Is a pipeline straight from hell
And where it meets the river
They're bound to have a spill
A lot of Sioux from Standing Rock
Are standing 'gainst the pipe,
They know the safety promises
Are just a lot of hype.

It's a company in Texas
That threatens Standing Rock
Kelcy Warren owns it
Or he owns a lot of stock
This Warren gave Republicans
A million and a half
So in every bill in Congress
He'll own a paragraph

You oilmen down in Texas
It's time to get a clue
Your oil thing is over,
Quit belching CO2
The tribes have come to tell you
From Oneida to Lanai
Leave the oil in North Dakota
And kiss fossil fuel goodbye

(Take Me Out to the Ball Game)
Betsy Rose and Nancy Schimmel        
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Take me out of the big banks
Take me out of their game
The credit union can have my dough
I'll cut up my credit cards, pay as I go
And it's root root root for the small banks
Give them our business and thanks
And it's 1, 2, 3 million more and we'll close big banks

Take me out of the big banks
Citibank for a start
They put our money in pipes for oil
That leak in the water and poison the soil and its
Root, root root for the people
Standing up to their claim,
And it's 1, 2, 3, put them out
It's a new ball game!

THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE
This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine (2x)
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine!
 
We believe in science…
Wind & solar power…
Open up his tax returns…
E | =MC2…
Standing up for science…
Clean | tech is good for all;
Climate change can't be denied…
Mother earth sustains us all…
Regulation protects all…

We shall not, we shall not be moved (2x)
Just like a tree that's standing by the water
We shall not be moved

No more oil dependence…
We say no to fracking..
Fund | green | jobs…
Subsidize | solar…
Fossil fuel's a dinosaur…
Chevron, pay your taxes…
Permaculture's what we need…
Green power to the people
Fund science research…
Respect our mother earth…
The scientific method…
Standing up for science…
Standing up for Standing Rock…
Protecting our water
Environmental justice …
We need regulations…

Spanish:
No, no, no nos moverán) (2x)
Cómo un árbol firme junto al río,
No nos moverán.

Unidos en la lucha, No nos moverán (2x)
Cómo un árbol firme junto al río,
No nos moverán.

("I Will Survive" - lyrics Peter Jones, additional lyrics Betsy Rose)

At first we were alarmed, we were horrified
Thinking you could never win 'cause you're not qualified
Then we spent so many nights thinking
How this is so wrong
Then we grew strong and we refused to go along
It's up to us, now that we see
You and your hacks just want a world of white supremacy
You would destroy the Constitution,
Make our land a mockery
But we've got everything we need, we've got solidarity

Come on let's go Walk door to door
Into the streets And out on the Senate floor
Weren't you the one who tried to rob us with your lies
Did you think we'd crumble
Did you think we'd lay down and die
Oh no not us We will persist
As along as we know how to love
We know we will resist
We've got all our lives to live
And we got all our love to give,
We will resist We will resist

 

(We Will Resist, p.2)

So now we know you're just a bully Bonaparte
Making fun of other people
With their broken hearts
You've spent oh so many years
Thinking only of yourself
You cheat and lie
But we can hold our heads up high
With dignity We are renewed
We are not acquiescent people
We shall not be moved
So we're digging in
We're fighting to be free
We're mobilizing With our solidarity

Come on let's go, Walk door to door
Into the streets And out on the Senate floor
Weren't you the one who tried to rob us with your lies
Did you think we'd crumble
Did you think we'd lay down and die
Oh no not us We will persist
As along as we know how to love
We know we will resist
We've got all our lives to live
And we got all our love to give,
We will resist We will resist, We Will Resist!

(She'll be Coming Round the Mountain)

We'll be ending oil dependence when we come…
We'll be standing up for science…
We'll be saying "No" to fracking…
We'll be subsidizing solar…
We'll be funding green | jobs…
We'll be curbing our consumption…
We'll be riding in the bike lanes…
We'll be challenging the power…
We'll be making peace on earth…

Stephen Zunes remembered the Exxon Valdez verse from somewhere and Nancy Schimmel wrote the rest.
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What shall we do with a drunken sailor? (3x)
Earlie in the morning?

Make him the skipper of the Exxon Valdez (3x)
Earlie in the morning.

What shall we do with the tar sands crude? (3x)
Earlie in the morning?

Put it on a train that runs through Berkeley, (3x)
Earlie in the morning.

What shall we do with the fracking water
Earlie in the morning?

Pump it underground and cause an earthquake
Earlie in the morning.

What shall we do with the toxic coal ash?
Earlie in the morning?

Dam it up and spill it in the river
Earlie in the morning.

What shall we do with the carbon profits
Earlie in the morning?

Buy a yacht and a politician
Earlie in the morning.

(When the Saints Go Marching In)

When we rise up and change the world,When we rise up and change the world,
Oh, how I want to be in that number
When we rise up and change the world.

Oh, when there's facts instead of lies..
When climate change is not denied….
When fossil fuels stays in the ground….
When solar power replaces coal…..
When wind and sun are all we need…
When we restore the EPA….
When unions work with clean green tech….
When we protect Planned Parenthood…
When we choose love instead of hate…