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Welfare Clock
Lyrics © 2013 Kay Thode
- Tune
- Rap
- Written by
- Kay Thode
- Gaggle
- Seattle
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SING IT to the tune of Rap
The clock is tickin’ day by day,
Thanks to “reform” welfare’s going away.
Who cares if you’re hungry
Or can’t pay the rent?
Jobs are the answer
Said the President…Clinton, that is.
Now five years are up
On the welfare clock.
There’ll be more homeless
Sleeping on the block.
It’s time to pay moms
Who take care of their kids.
Raise the grants!
Lift the lid!
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Written by
Kay Thode
For the
Seattle Gaggle
Free to sing, share, and print with credit to Kay Thode and the Seattle Raging Grannies. Not for sale. raginggrannies.org