{"id":561,"date":"2013-01-10T19:32:44","date_gmt":"2013-01-11T03:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/raginggrannies.org\/seattle\/?p=561"},"modified":"2013-01-10T19:32:44","modified_gmt":"2013-01-11T03:32:44","slug":"it-aint-necessarily-so","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raginggrannies.org\/seattle\/it-aint-necessarily-so\/","title":{"rendered":"It Ain&#8217;t Necessarily So"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><em>Lyrics by Salt Spring Raging Grannies of Canada to Tune by George Gershwin<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Note: The full title of this song is \u201cAll Purpose Comprehensive Rant about Everything That Is Wrong with the Whole World.\u201d Seattle Grannies may make up verses for occasions.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>CHORUS<br \/>\nIt ain\u2019t necessarily so,<br \/>\nIt ain\u2019t necessarily so.<br \/>\nThe corporate media<br \/>\nWould like to mislead ya,<br \/>\nIt ain\u2019t necessarily so,<\/p>\n<p>(Environment)<\/p>\n<p>Salt Spring\u2019s not gone to the dogs.<br \/>\nTrees are just unemployed logs.<br \/>\nWe mustn\u2019t get madder<br \/>\nJust \u2018cause Taxada<br \/>\nIs trashing our watershed bogs.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t worry about greenhouse gas&#8211;<br \/>\nThe doom and gloom won\u2019t come to pass.<br \/>\nRemember the looting<br \/>\nWe get from polluting<br \/>\nAll goes to the governing class.<\/p>\n<p>CHORUS<\/p>\n<p>(Food)<\/p>\n<p>Genetically modified food<br \/>\nIs certified legally good.<br \/>\nIgnore all the rumors\u2014<br \/>\nJust be good consumers.<br \/>\nDon\u2019t ask all those questions\u2014it\u2019s rude.<\/p>\n<p>Hormone-laced beef is just swell.<br \/>\nJust look at our own NHL.<br \/>\nNo need for inspection<br \/>\nOf bovine injection\u2014<br \/>\nDon\u2019t you want to be macho as well?<\/p>\n<p>(Big Business)<\/p>\n<p>We always promote human rights.<br \/>\nWe worry, and can\u2019t sleep at nights.<br \/>\nBut sooner or later<br \/>\nThe gangster dictators<br \/>\nWho buy our arms must see the light.<\/p>\n<p>Our banks are the best ever seen.<br \/>\nThe profits they make aren\u2019t obscene.<br \/>\nWe like the adoption<br \/>\nOf enormous stock options<br \/>\nFor CEOs fleeing the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Drug company profits are small.<br \/>\nThey\u2019re lobbying hardly at all.<br \/>\nWhen they hear generics<br \/>\nThey go into hysterics<br \/>\nFor fear that the share prices will fall.<\/p>\n<p>Africa\u2019s dying of AIDS,<br \/>\nBut drug barons got to get paid.<br \/>\nThey say they feel saddened,<br \/>\nBut they hold the patent.<br \/>\nTake aspirin and sit in the shade.<\/p>\n<p>Free trade\u2019s the best way to go.<br \/>\nOnly subversives say no.<br \/>\nWe\u2019ll follow the factories<br \/>\nSouth and drink daiquiris.<br \/>\nViva Low Wage Mexico!<\/p>\n<p>CHORUS<\/p>\n<p>(Schools)<\/p>\n<p>Our school rooms are all well-supplied.<br \/>\nWhoever denies it has lied.<br \/>\nThey depend for kids\u2019 readers<br \/>\nOn corporate leaders<br \/>\nWho peddle their Pepsi inside.<\/p>\n<p>(Health)<\/p>\n<p>Health care is our most sacred trust.<br \/>\nWe\u2019ll give you some time to adjust.<br \/>\nIn a matter of urgency<br \/>\nCamp in Emergency<br \/>\nAnd sit till you\u2019re gathering dust.<\/p>\n<p>CHORUS<\/p>\n<p>(WTO)<\/p>\n<p>Quebec\u2019s got a Big Business Fair.<br \/>\nIt\u2019ll be just like Tienamin Square<br \/>\nThey admit it\u2019s a pity<br \/>\nTo barb-wire the city,<br \/>\nBut people might try to get there.<\/p>\n<p>(Defenses)<\/p>\n<p>Women should man submarines,<br \/>\n\u2018Cause women are fighting machines.<br \/>\nIf the ship isn\u2019t celibate<br \/>\nThe brass won\u2019t think well of it<br \/>\nUnless there are separate latrines.<\/p>\n<p>CHORUS<\/p>\n<p>(Finally)<\/p>\n<p>We sing \u2018cause we don\u2019t want to curse.<br \/>\nWe\u2019re alive, and we don\u2019t need a hearse.<br \/>\nBut if there\u2019s a screw-up<br \/>\nWe plan to wake you up<br \/>\nOr everything\u2019s sure to get worse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lyrics by Salt Spring Raging Grannies of Canada to Tune by George Gershwin Note: The full title of this song is \u201cAll Purpose Comprehensive Rant about Everything That Is Wrong with the Whole World.\u201d Seattle Grannies may make up verses for occasions. CHORUS It ain\u2019t necessarily so, It ain\u2019t necessarily so. The corporate media Would [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6,7,18,8,26,16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/raginggrannies.org\/seattle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/raginggrannies.org\/seattle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/raginggrannies.org\/seattle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raginggrannies.org\/seattle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raginggrannies.org\/seattle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/raginggrannies.org\/seattle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/raginggrannies.org\/seattle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raginggrannies.org\/seattle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raginggrannies.org\/seattle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}