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This song just keeps being current. I just need to change it to make 'war' plural...

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They lied about the weapons.
They lied about the threat.
They lied about Saddam Hussein.
Do you believe them yet?
They lied about the torture.
They lied about this war.
Their lies unravel day by day
And still they offer more.

They lied about their cronies.
[They] lied ‘bout the corp’rate crimes.
They lied about the Healthcare bill.
They lie time after time.
They lied about the bailouts.
[They] lied ’bout their costs costs
They lie about the profits.
They lie about the loss.}

[They lie ‘bout media bias
To the right wing radio hosts.
They fill the airwaves with hate and bile
And empty claims and boasts.
They lie at the public hearings
And on the UN floor.
Their lies unravel day by day
And still they offer more].

On the Sunday morning programs
They lie to the mainstream press.
In fifteen second sound bites
They cover up their mess.
On the TVs in our living rooms,
On the newspaper’s printed page
Wherever we look to find the news,
Their war of lies is waged.

On the crackly campus channel,
In the blogs and in the zines
We will keep on speaking truth to power
Until the lies are seen.
We will whisper to our neighbors,
We will shout it in this song.
Their lies unravel day by day
They will not endure for long.

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from Inequality is not Healthy for Children or Other Living Things, released December 11, 2012
Sandy Pliskin- words and music, banjo and vocal

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Sandy Pliskin

Early childhood educator and therapist; member, People's Music Network and Children's Music Network; activist for peace, economic and climate justice.

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