Blues from the Right
- Sung to
- Blues in the Night
- Written by
- Unlisted Songwriter
- Gaggle
- Seattle
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Record your gaggle singing it and we'll feature it here.
- Read the lyrics through once silently before singing.
- If the original tune is unfamiliar, look it up first.
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No one ever told me
When I started voting
No one ever told me, Hon.
They’ll give you some sweet talk
And tell you some big lies
But if they ever get power.
The far right’s a two face-a neocon thing
That leads you to sing
The blues from the right.
Neocons come callin’
Corporate tax fallin– whooie
(No one ever told me)
Hope for justice fizzles
While they’re making missiles–whooie
(No one ever told me)
Ahooie, ahooi – I learned for myself
The wealthy get wealth
The people get the blues.
Detroit to New Orleans, Seattle to Boston
Whatever the city or town
There’s nothing but job cuts
Poor schooling, poor health care
Wherever I look around
For since it began the neocon plan
Means blues from the right