Gotta Stop the Raids

Tune: Have You Ever Seen the Rain? by John Fogerty
Written by: Linda Hassemer and Marcy Matasick
Gaggle: Santa Fe
Filed: October 25, 2026

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SING IT to the tune of Have You Ever Seen the Rain? by John Fogerty

Someone told me now I know
ICE will come and smash your door, I know,
it’s been coming for some time
When they take your friends away
Put them where no one can say, I know,
laws no longer matter

We’re not alone, and we gotta stop the raids!
We’re not alone, and we gotta stop the raids!
We refuse to be afraid

If you’re Good they shoot you dead
ICE is cold and blood is red, I know,
vicious nazis in our time
Why should people live in fear
in a free America? I know,
ICE is home-grown terror

We’re not alone, and we gotta stop the raids!
We’re not alone, and we gotta stop the raids!
We refuse to be afraid

’Til forever, it can’t go
People rising up to show, we know
we reclaim our power now
Millions marching in the streets
Soon the fascists will retreat. We know
we will rise above this

We’re not alone, and we gotta stop the raids!
We’re not alone, and we gotta stop the raids!
We refuse to be afraid

♦ ♦ ♦

Written by

Linda Hassemer and Marcy Matasick

For the

Santa Fe Gaggle

Filed

October 25, 2026

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