David Rovics piosenki

Did you get up in the morning, see your kids off to school As you headed to the office was it hard to keep your cool When you saw the news and the picture of the boy On the beach just down the coast from the ancient town of Troy Did you think about the...

There was a coup in Guatemala, the CIA sent planes To assist the Guatemalan generals in tightening the chains Two hundred thousand Indians killed in thirty years As butchers of their people, the generals have no peers Where did they get their guns up to th...

I was born in Marakesh and I thought life was good Then some visitors came from far away, convinced my parents that we should Move from Marakesh to Israel, what they called the Promised Land That's how we ended up in Beersheva by the Negev Desert sand I tu...

The economy is crashing for so many of us Still riding in the back of the bus More like being thrown under the wheels If a light could be shown on how the other half feels As they pillage and plunder, do the privileged few Ever wonder what they're go...

I woke up one day Kissed my teddy on her head I pulled off the covers And I rolled out of bed But then I looked at my feet And I had to close my eyes Because what I saw Was just too much of a surprise My bed was far below me And I was nowher...

Portland is a town that's in the news much of the time There are a lot of vegans and there's very little crime It's a nice safe place to live, folks ride bicycles a lot The winters aren't so cold and the summers aren't so hot They build houses out of cob,...

What do you call it when a movement takes up arms And seizes power by the barrel of a gun Moves into the homes of those they've dispossessed And says this whole country is ours now that we've won What do you call a government that forces families from thei...

When I'm elected President the first thing that I'll do Nationalize all the banks and give all the money to you Raise taxes on the rich until there are no rich any more My government's first priority will be to win the class war When I'm elected President...

He got off the plane, looked at no one Walked down the tarmac in the direction of nowhere He followed the sun as it was setting Glad to be done with all the bloodletting There were no banners for the proud and the few Just workers in airports that do...

When I came home one morning There was a little cat I don’t know how we ended up With a cat like that But then what happened next Just eased my weary soul When that kitten started playing With a toilet paper roll Each time she attacked it It just rol...

It happened again last night, it happens every time I play When the gig is over someone has to say A question that appears to be on everybody's brains As they're driving down the highway in the commuter lanes It sure is not just me, it's the 99% Of artist...

I walk down the sidewalk Beside Powell Boulevard Past the men with 40 ouncers Passed out in the yard There's a boy of seven years Gazing at the sky With dreams of far-off places Wishing he could fly Away to join his father Wherever he may be...