Protests, protests...
my little protests,
See all the PROGRESS I make;
With my mean rhyming words
And my mean little sneer
And my big mean sign on a stake!
Protests, protests...
my little protests,
See how I am saving the world;
With my pie in the sky
And my goals set way too high
And the wisdom of a bar-tending little girl!
Protests, protests...
my little protests,
See how I do the world some good;
With my curse words and pose
And my wrinkled up nose
Shouting things that a moral person never would!
Protests, protests...
my little protests,
It's my right to assemble, don't you know?
When I join in with the mob
Beating up a conservative snob
See how I display my courage so!
Protests, protests...
my little protests,
See how much I get done;
While the grownups are at work
I behave like a jerk
Making sure I give the police lots of fun!
Protests, protests...
my little protests,
See how much I put my life at risk!
With a hundred of my closest friends
We stand in traffic to form dead ends,
How dare you run over us - tsk, tsk, tsk!
Protests, protests...
my little protests,
With my pink hats and thick black glasses;
With all our wisdom
And empty hypocritical words -
MAN, WE SURE LOOK LIKE ASSES
I will close with this; if you're going to protest, find ways to speak your mind and know where you stand. But don't be a fool, gather in some square, shout your head off, spit on the police... and then wonder how you got locked up but talk about all the progress you want to make in this world. It is really getting to be old hat.
Jason