Oh the weather outside is...
;)
I had wanted to put up the lyrics of the modified carols we sang (cited in the last post), and I just found my copy of them so I figured I better do it before the pages get lost (again...)
Most of these were created by members of Occupy Astoria LIC, though "Deck the Jails" was cribbed off a
Youtube post... So let's start with that one!
DECK THE JAILS
Deck the jails with Wall Street bankers
Fa la etc
We know you're all crooks and wankers
Fa la etc
You behave as if you own us
Fa la etc
You deserve jail not a bonus
Fa la etc...
I'M DREAMING OF A FAIR WAGE
(To the tune of White Christmas)
I'm dreaming of a fair wage
Just like our fathers used to know
Where the polticians listen
And benefits aren't missin'
And no more greedy CEOs
I'm dreaming of a fair wage
Because the one we've got ain't right
While these companies all subsidiiiiiiiize
We can't survive on 7.25
WAGE HIKE
(to the tune of Sleigh Ride)
Just hear those profits jingling, ring ting tingling too
Come on and pay the workers
For all the work that they do
Those bills just keep on rising and debt is through the roof
Come on and work together it's time to face the truth
Raise it up raise it up raise it up it's grand!
Just taking a stand.
We are unstoppable, another world is possible
We are unstoppable, another world is possible
Profits soaring and workers calling boo-hoo.
You know you're hoarding profit,
It's time to stop it you fools!
$15 dollars an hour that'd be cool
Come on it's lovely weather for a wage hike together with you.
Lovely weather for a wage hike together with you!
SEVEN TWENTY FIVE
(to the tune of Winter Wonderland)
CEO's make a killing
Average Joes aren't willing
to keep getting paid
the minimum wage
We can't survive on $7.25
Workers gripe, you ignore them
Profits soar, and you hoard them
They don't trickle down
You watch them compound
We can't survive on $7.25
In the boardroom you can count your profits
and pretend that we're a family
We'll ask for a raise and you'll say, "No, man!"
If you could you'd have us work for free.
Gone away to the islands
One percenters are stylin'
The 99 sweat
to pay for that jet
We're still makin' $7.25
LET IT GROW
(to the tune of Let it Snow)
Oh the minimum wage is frightful!
But here's something insightful:
$7.25's too low!
So let it grow, let it grow, let it grow!
How long can you keep pretending
Your bonus is never ending?
Tell all of the CEOs,
Let it grow! Let it grow! Let it grow!
When it finally trickles down,
How we'll love going out on the town!
If you double $7.25, Maybe we all can survive!
The economy's slowly dying,
And the one percent's denying
That the minimum wage is is low, so
Let it grow! Let it grow! Let it grow!
PAY A LIVING WAGE
(To the tune of Do You See What I See?)
Said the 99% to everyone
Do you see what I see?
Do you see what I see?
Workers rights eroding everywhere
Do you see what I see?
A working class that's going nowhere fast
While the 1% thumbs its nose
While the 1% thumbs its nose
Said the working class to the CEOs
Pay a living wage!
Pay a ilving wage!
We can't survive on $7.25
Pay a living wage!
Pay a living Wage!
Your profits soar
Your workers you ignore
Have you no concern for their plight?
May we turn this wrong into right
May we turn this wrong into right!
YOU DIRTY BUM
(To the tune of Little Drummer Boy)
Mister CEO, your time has come
Now we all know just where your money comes from
You steal it from your workers (a-and then some)
Because the wage you pay is the minimum
the minimum
the minimum....
They deserve much more than that little crumb,
You dirty bum...
Why are you paid such a ridiculous sum?
You make three grand an hour, that's criminal, chum
But you can't fool the people you're stealing from
You think you're very smart but you're pretty dumb
You're pretty dumb
You're pretty dumb....
And we're gonna raise that wage minimum,
You dirty bum.
IT'S TIME TO ASK FOR MORE
(To the tune of Auld Lang Syne)
May old slave wages be forgot
and replaced by something more.
We can't survive on $7.25
It's time to ask for more.
It's time to ask for more, my dear,
It's time to ask for more
We can't survive on $7.25
It's time to ask for more!
...If there are other versions you think are awesome, please add them in the comments.
Cheers!
(Edited to add: http://www.thomhartmann.com/blog/2013/12/fight-15-isnt-just-fast-food-workers <-- for why this is relevant, timely, and not just about McDonalds)
