My band, The Chicken Chasers, is playing in St. Petersburg, FL tonight (Ringside Cafe at 9:00, just in case you're in the area) so I won't be going quite as crazy as I would if I were glued to Chuck Todd (in a nice way of course). There will be three songs that I will be especially happy to sing tonight. The lyrics follow...
No More War
2006 Meyer Baron
Take your lessons from the Bible, the Koran, or the Torah
It’s clear we’ve got more problems here than Sodom and Gomorrah
The Great White Father in Washington told the bad guys to "bring it on"
Now bullets are flyin’, children are dyin’, but the victory is far from won
Let’s tell the politicians we’ve got something worth living for
No more war, no more war, no more war, no more war
If you’re a Christian or a Muslim, a Buddhist or a Jew
You know that war is waged by rich old men without a clue
Now the Pentagon and the weapon whores have a plan for you and me
to turn the war on terror into World War Three
We better get our acts together, and our heads out of the sand, if we want
No more war, no more war, no more war, no more war
They tell you that there’s more to peace than the opposite of war
But it’s easier for them to drop ten bombs than to tell you what we’re fighting for
I’ve never met a single person who made me want to kill
If we stop the war we can make the peace, it only takes our will
The schemers say we’re dreamers, but America was built on dreams, let’s dream it
No more war, no more war, no more war, no more war
The bombs they drop can’t bring us peace, while they’re tearing us apart
And their idea of sacrifice is a magnet on your car
We’ve got to change their tune in Washington, Tehran and Beirut
They can fool the people some of the time, but they cannot stop the truth
If we sing out altogether, we’ll be too great to ignore,
No more war, no more war, no more war, no more war
The Power is In Your Shoes
2006 Meyer Baron
When your mom forgets your birthday
When your daddy stops sending checks
When your sweetheart doesn’t love you
When your life’s a total wreck
When you’re down to just two options
and you don’t’ know which to choose
Don’t expect someone to save you
The power is in your shoes
Your baby taught you how to love
She taught you how to live
She taught you about romance
She taught you how to give
But the greatest lesson of them all
Was this little piece of news
While walking out the door she said
The power is in your shoes
The power, the power is in your shoes
We can love forever
and sashay together
down the broadest avenues
But the power, the power is in your shoes
No one else can save you from yourself
The power is in your shoes
When the lemons you were given
won’t turn to lemonade
When the cavalry arrives too late
to save the light brigade
When the melting of the icecaps
ruins your vacation cruise
When you finally decide to change the world
The power is in your shoes
You may celebrate revival
of the city great and grand
Or pray for the survival
of the sacrificial lamb
Every time the words "last call" ring out
another sucker gets the blues
When you step into the sunshine
The power is in your shoes
The power, the power is in your shoes
We can love forever
and sashay together
down the broadest avenues
But the power, the power is in your shoes
No one else can save you from yourself
The power is in your shoes
Shake it While You’re Alive
2006 Meyer Baron
George Bush must be smokin’ crack
if he thinks he freed Iraq
He drove the train right off the track
Now he don’t know how to put it back
If you think I’m just talking smack
Your must be asleep or you’re way out of whack
Shake it while you’re alive
Shake it while you’re alive
In this land of liberty
the only thing that’s free is poverty
Now the g-man is telling me
he tapped my phone cause it’s good for me
I went outside he was up in a tree
I said hello and he jumped on me
Shake it while you’re alive
Shake it while you’re alive
Money’s as short as the day is long
The weak get weaker and the strong stay strong
They can’t tell the difference between right and wrong
My girlfriend hates me cause I wrote this song
Shake it while you’re alive
Shake it while you’re alive
Shake it while you’re alive
Shake it while you’re alive
Education is the only way
now that God’s on the PTA
Charles Darwin ain’t got nothin’ to say
Don’t let the facts get in your way
The faith-based economy is here to stay
You don’t need to think you just need to pray
Shake it while you’re alive
Shake it while you’re alive
The road of life is a lonely drive
Men and women struggle to survive
Hookin’ up is the latest jive
If the fourth don’t do it, go for five
You may be busy as a bee in your hive
But you never get the muff if you don’t take the dive
Shake it while you’re alive
Shake it while you’re alive
Money’s as short as the day is long
The weak get weaker and the strong stay strong
They can’t tell the difference between right and wrong
My girlfriend STILL hates me cause I wrote this song
Shake it while you’re alive
Shake it while you’re alive
Shake it while you’re alive
Shake it while you’re alive