iPhone demo of a new song, Call Bullshit. Part of the 69 Protest Song collection I'm beginning. 

If I had 15 minutes
I’d Call bullshit on the whole thing
From the GMO God to the election fraud
Y'all can come suck my ding a ling
I'd like to raise my kids in a country
That gives a shit about truth
Instead of tossing out a million ballots
Cast by independent grassroots youth

Well it's sad but it's true
And I'm looking at you
This is happening to red white and blue

This may sound a little harsh
And it may make some of you choke
Freedom of speech looks good on paper
Freedom of the press what a God Damn joke
How deep does this corruption go? 
Yes and how far up the chain
Land of the free home of the brave
And how dare you complain 

Well it's sad but it's true
And I'm looking at you
This is happening to red white and blue

I was born here and I'll die here
with my family and my kin
And don't you dare call me a traitor
I'm a blue blood American
So before you download another movie
And before you pack up another bong
Get up on the stage give voice to your rage
and sing your own protest song

Well it's sad but it's true
And I'm looking at you
This is happening to red white and blue

I'm not educated in politics or in science
But I was born with intuition 
And a deep-seated defiance
Dissent is patriotic and prosperity worth fighting for
Protect the clean water for your sons and yr daughters 
What the hell else are you here for?

*Alternate G rated first verse:

If I had 15 minutes I'd call bull on the whole scene 
from the GMO God to the election fraud
I think y'all know exactly what I mean 
Cause I'd like to raise my kids in a country that gives a hoot about truth 
instead of throwing out 2 million ballots cast by independent grassroots youth

Call Bullshit

If You Could Hear Me Now (Let The Weeds In) Demo 1

The Chicken Song


Why ya singin about a chicken when you could be singin’ about peace?
Why ya singin about a chicken when you could be singin’ about peace?
Why ya singin about a chicken
could be singin’ about peace
Soon all my fears will be released
Longtime
Longtime
Longtime

Why ya singin about a chicken when you could be singin’ about extinction?
Why ya singin about a chicken when ya could be goin’ extinct?
Sing about a chicken
Could be going extinct
Well I guess I’d rather sing about the chicken
Longtime
Longtime
Longtime

Why ya singin about a chicken when you could be singin’ about hope? (longtime)
Why ya singin about a chicken when you could be singin’ about hope?
Sing in the tub
Sing in the kitchen 
There aint much hope for the kitchen
Longtime
Longtime
Longtime

Why ya singin about a chicken when you could be singin’ about peace?
Why ya singin about a chicken when you could be singin’ about peace?
Why ya singin about a chicken
could be singin’ about peace
an’ all my fears will be released
Longtime
Longtime
Longtime
Longtime
Longtime
Longtime
Longtime
Longtime
Longtime
Longtime time time

The Chicken Song

I'm Ready for the Industrial Revoluton to be Over
Live at Dreamaway Lodge 5.5.17

When I look in the mirror you know I know what I see
A disillusioned optimist who wants badly to be free
And many living in this world fight desperately to free it
If you don’t see the change you need you best step up and be it
Cause I’m just a kid from a college town by the ocean next to Dover
And I’m ready for the industrial revolution to be over

The writing is on the wall and the cracks are in the levy
An empire will always fall from being too top heavy
And Bill McKibbon knows the number we must all obey
350 parts per million or else we’ll all be washed away
This world’s our only home unless you own a space rover
So I’m ready for the industrial revolution to be over

The industrial revolution burns the past to fuel the present
And after 100 years of this well it’s pretty damn unpleasant 
There’s a sun that’s burnin in the sky and it truly is a star
To shine on everyone of us no matter who you are
I long to see my grandkids running carefree in the clover
So I’m ready for the industrial revolution to be over

I'm Ready for the Industrial Revolution to be Over (live)

"Sunshiner" (Mike + Ruthy Live at Birdhouse Center 2017)

Yes, my daddy was a miner
But I'm gonna be a sunshiner
And my grandaddy was a miner
But I'm gonna be a sunshiner

Ever since they closed the mine
There ain't too much to do with your time
'Cept wash your clothes in the crick and fold the flannel
'Til a gal come round with her solar panel

Yes, my daddy was a miner
But I'm gonna be a sunshiner
And my grandaddy was a miner
But I'm gonna be a sunshiner

Well, she dug a big hole, told me it was normal
She said something about "geothermal"
She gave me a hard hat and said "Make yourself useful."
"Soon this whole town'll be carbon neutral."

Yes, my daddy was a miner
But I'm gonna be a sunshiner
And my grandaddy was a miner
But I'm gonna be a sunshiner

So, I built myself a pretty little house
Generator out back as quiet as a mouse
And I got me a job and there ain't none finer
Goin' around bein' a sunshiner.

Yes, my daddy was a miner
But I'm gonna be a sunshiner
And my grandaddy was a miner
But I'm gonna be a sunshiner

Sunshiner (live)

Woody Guthrie was a man, a sign painter by hand
His friends all true and brave
He said to the poor "this land is your land"
Get organized before you're in your grave

He went to Leadbelly, he said to Pete Seeger
He told them both the same
Keep your songs simple so the folks can sing along
We' got work to do before we're in our graves

People held their breath when they heard about Woody’s death
They came from far and wide
Singin' his songs with a guitar by their side
While Woody’s ashes floated in the tide

This song was written North of New York City
Of a man so true and brave
He said to the poor "this land is your land 
Get organized before you're in your grave

He said to the poor "this land is your land" 
Get organized before you're in your grave

Woody Guthrie (live)

Crutch
by Michael Merenda

Fallin down ain’t easy
But it takes your mind off that ol’ crutch
This world may be crazy
It was never meant to hold this much
	To hold this much
		To hold this much
			To hold this much

Sing a song for Jesus
Sing a song for Satan and one for me
I’m caught in the middle
Of a deep and dark hypocrisy
	Hypocrisy
		Hypocrisy
			Hypocrisy

There’s a brave new world a-comin’
But you’ll never see it on TV
Don’t you rock that boat now
That would rock the world and that can’t be
	That can’t be
		That can’t be
			O, that can’t be

One more thing I’ll tell you
You have got to speak for what you feel
Or the dogs of guilt will getcha
And they will cut a hole that will not heal
	It will not heal
		It will not heal
			It will not heal

Fallin down ain’t easy
But it takes your mind off that ol’ crutch
This world may be crazy
It was never meant to hold this much
	To hold this much
		To hold this much
			To hold this much

Quiver

Crutch

I'm ready for the industrial revolution to be over.

Ruthless Mike

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