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Less Wealth for the Rich and War
- Sung to
- Beatles / When I'm 64
- Written by
- Unlisted Songwriter
- Gaggle
- Seattle
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SING IT to the tune of Beatles / When I'm 64
When I was your age, long years ago
I thought I’d always have
Jobs enough to feed my family and me
Health care Social Sec-ur-ity
Now I see how the economy’s gone
To funding mostly war
Bring those troops home, bring home the money
We know what we want it for!
Losing my job, losing my house
My family’s getting poor
Jobs not there for graduates and older folk
Listen Wall Street it’s not a joke!
No money for schools, no money for homes
Bad for all our health
We see class warfare
With things so unfair
Demand more tax on wealth!
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Written by
Unlisted Songwriter
For the
Seattle Gaggle