Alternative lyrics to your holiday favorites. Get out there and go caroling for economic justice!
TOYS FOR THE WORLD
Toys for the world
Are made by kids
And not by elves at all.
We work them night and day
For very little pay.
And little tiny hands
Make all your favorite brands
That fill up the shelves
In every shopping mall.
Toys for the world
That Santa brings
So your sweet kids can play.
What’s underneath your tree
Is our economy
And all those girls and boys
Who make your children’s toys
Are not getting squat from us
On Christmas Day.
They’re not getting squat from us
On Christmas Day.
REST EASY, WEALTHY GENTLEMEN
Rest easy, wealthy gentlemen,
Let nothing make us sigh.
We give our workers little crumbs
So we can keep the pie.
We pay our politicians
So they bear our needs in mind
As they line up to kiss our fat behinds,
If they’re inclined
They line up to kiss our fat behinds.
Don’t worry, wealthy gentlemen
Let nothing make us twitch.
This new global economy’s
Designed to keep us rich.
We ply our trade in many lands,
Let all their leaders come
To bend down and kiss us on the bum,
There’s a good chum,
Just bend down and kiss us on the bum.
OH COME YE INVESTORS
Oh come, ye investors
Bold captains of commerce
Let’s get our products made in
Downtown L.A.
Come for the people
Peaceful and compliant
Oh come let us exploit them
Oh come let us exploit them
Oh come let us exploit them
Because we can.
PRISON CELLS
It’s just a traffic stop
For D.W.B.
Then the cop plants drugs on you
And busts you 1-2-3.
Or you could get popped
And if it’s your third strike,
You’ll get life in prison
Just for jacking someone’s bike.
Oh, prison cells, prison cells
Don’t you break the rules.
We spend more on prison cells
Than we spend on our schools.
Prison cells, prison cells,
You’ll be doing time.
We’ll lock you up for 40 years
And say we’re tough on crime.
Here comes the D.A.
Watch him rig the game.
He’ll suppress the evidence
That just might clear your name.
You could still appeal,
But you’re bound to fail –
Your court-appointed lawyer
Couldn’t get Jesus out of jail.
Oh, prison cells, prison cells
Don’t you break the rules.
We spend more on prison cells
Than we spend on our schools.
Prison cells, prison cells,
You’ll be doing time.
We’ll lock you up for 40 years
And say we’re tough on crime.
You’ll be building toys.
You’ll be booking flights.
We’ll force you to work
So just forget about your rights.
We don’t pay you much.
You can’t unionize.
Prison labor really makes
Our profit margin rise.
Oh, prison cells, prison cells
Don’t you break the rules.
We spend more on prison cells
Than we spend on our schools.
Prison cells, prison cells,
You’ll be doing time.
We’ll lock you up for 40 years
And say we’re tough on crime.
We don’t add no frills,
Nor rehabilitate.
We privatize the prisons
And we get rich from the state.
If our venture fails
And if our stocks should tank,
We’ll let the public bail us out
And laugh it to the bank.
Oh, prison cells, prison cells
Don’t you break the rules.
We spend more on prison cells
Than we spend on our schools.
Prison cells, prison cells,
You’ll be doing time.
We’ll lock you up for 40 years
And say we’re tough on crime.