ABBA protest songs

I was thinking about next year's Christmas album already... and had the idea to do ABBA protest songs. Has a nice ring to it don't you think? I'll keep the choruses and change the verses (which no one can remember anyway). Any big ABBA fans and world watchers got ideas for subjects?

Mama Mia - 

Knowing me, knowing you

Dancing queen

The name of the game - China

One man, one woman - Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver

Take a chance on me - Obama

Lovers

Fernando - Torres and player's salaries

Money money money - Bank bonuses

Summer night city

Voules Vous

The winner takes it all - Israel/Palestine

Super trouper

Israel

VERSE
Em                             A
The fences only go so high
Over lands that you occupy
End the blockades and violence and attacks
That only end up coming back

CHORUS

D                 A                  G

Israel needs to emanate love

For the future

Israel needs to emanate love

With open arms

Israel needs to emanate love

VERSE
All sides should read the books that they prize
And that violence is heresy in disguise
Cos when the only thing you export is hate
Things are only going to escalate

CHORUS

Come on Cairo

CHORUS
F
Come on Cairo
Bf
Follow the wisdom of youth
F
Don't wait now
C
The moment is here

Come on Cairo
Your long chance has come
Be bold now
Don't settle for less

VERSE
Dm (high)
He may hose you down
Bf
And gas you out
F                          C
But you can't keep the people down

He can try to keep you quiet
And cut off the net
Still your voices are the only ones being heard

CHORUS

VERSE
As they beat you down
Try to turn you around
Be visible as he hides away

And as he takes lives
He must never be revived
He's a panicked man who knows the end has come

CHORUS
Come on Cairo
Lead your country to freedom
Be loud now
Your bravery will win

The dancer

VERSE
Am
I was sitting in a bar very late one night
D
I'd stopped in for a drink to set myself straight
E                                                                            Am
I won't go into the details, save to say I need time to think

When my thoughts were stopped and my mind wiped clean
As a vision appeared by my side

She gave me her name and asked me the time
And suggested I buy her a drink

She was solid seduction and liquid sex
She could show you the time of your life and then break your neck
With a swirl she turned and stood on the bar

CHORUS
And then she danced for me
She'd make a lord tell lies and a dead man rise
The way she danced for me
I would have fallen over without the extra leg
How she danced for me
Time stood still, and all eyes were filled

VERSE
I said I'll call a taxi, your place or mine?
She said she didn't mind, any place is fine
So I took her back to what passed for an apartment

She said coyly that she liked the view
It was a cellar apartment
I said the only thing anyone around here is looking at is you

CHORUS
And then she danced for me
My words fell short as she moved with life
The way she danced for me

VERSE
So a little while later a little further down the line
I think our life together has turned out just fine
But it seems I was thinking along different lines

"Oh I'm bored, I'm bored, I never dance anymore"
I say well baby you can dance anytime I'll move the table
She says that's no good I need the lights, I need the amore
I'm tired of you and this place, you're a bore
I don't think we belong together anymore

She made to leave and reached for the door
I'll remember the sound as she fell to the floor
My blood was up, I was seeing red, and this is what I said

CHORUS
You will dance for me
You've danced to love now dance to hate
You will dance for me
For now and evermore

Keep your digestive fire alight

CHORUS
Keep your digestive fire alight
It'll all work out OK, everything else will be fine
Keep your digestive fire alight


VERSE
Ginger is your best friend
Add it in everything you cook

Too often we put it out, with the things we eat
We need to keep it up, to be healthy

CHORUS

Downward spiral of growth

CHORUS
                        G                                  Em
Don't strive for a downward spiral of growth
C                                                           D
It doesn't mean that things are getting better for you

In a downward spiral of growth
The world is used up faster

VERSE
G
Don't believe all the views
Em
That you hear on the news
D                                  C
It's the system trying to sell itself

Growth uses resources
To make new golf courses
For the people at the top of the pile

CHORUS

VERSE
Do you really want more cars on the road
More houses on your street?
More people walking round your town?

VERSE
Don't strive for promotion
It's not a good notion
You'll only have to do more work

And the more money you have
The more to go bad
And more things you'll decide that you need

CHORUS


10/1/11

Crimes against wisdom

VERSE
Gm
I'm a Vata-Pitta and I'm in constant conflict
Cm
Shifting back and forth, the chaos I inflict
Gm
Pitta makes me hungry but Vata can't digest it
Cm                                                           Dm
I pile food on my plate and wake up feel congested


CHORUS
Cm
These crimes against wisdom
I know that I did them
Gm
Before I even knew I was wrong
Bm
Ignorance doesn't hide the crime / Guilty I say no sir
Your body still does the time / I blame it on my dosha
Gm
Nobody can defend you
D                                Cm
I'm an habitual offender
Bad a bad a pa pa (whisper) x2

VERSE
Pitta wants to command but Vata gives me doubts
Fear and anger alternate, when I'm stressed you'll hear me shout
I'm always trying to do things, I never can relax
I'm burdening my body with an ever-growing tax

CHORUS

VERSE
In the summer I'm a Pitta on a mission, nothing will stop my success
I'm hyper-critical and judgemental, I do everything to excess
I crave alcohol and spicy food, and the edge from caffeine
My hair is falling out and I blame it on my genes

CHORUS

Ayurveda

VERSE
A                   F#
I was in the dark
D                                  E
Wandering and missing something

After years of being lost
I finally heard of rumour of something

BRIDGE
F#                              E
And it was wise and wonderful
F#                              E
Something sure and powerful
F#                              E
The knowledge that I had sort
D
Around me
E
I saw

CHORUS (same chords as verse)
Guidelines
Pathways
Light lines
Logical

Destiny
Purified
That fate rides on
It was Ayurveda......
The science of live
Ayrurveda.......
The power and the light

VERSE
I explored it and read
And slowly tried to become it

It's simplicity was hard
After a lifetime of enforced complexity

BRIDGE
But it was wise and wonderful
So sure and powerful
The knowledge that I had sought
Clearly
I saw

CHORUS

MIDDLE
F#                        D
For one second, I saw it
F#
To soon, to soon

CHORUS

Pranayama

VERSE
E
Waking up feeling rushed
C#m
Stupid mind need to shut up
B
Seeing stress in my day
E
I can't get a hold

Assume the position on the floor
Left nostril breathing in
Right nostril breathing out
There you go

CHORUS
A                                E
Pranayama - restraint of the breath
A                                      E
Pranayama - controlling the course
B               E
Of my life force

VERSE
Taking control by letting go
Ease my racing mind
Ground my soaring soul
Settle down

Cross-legged on the floor
Balanced Ida and Pingala
Slowing down powers up
It's systems go

CHORUS

LYRICS ONLY:

Waking up feeling rushed
Stupid mind need to shut up
Seeing stress in my day
I can't get a hold

Assume the position on the floor
Left nostril breathing in
Right nostril breathing out
There you go

Pranayama - restraint of the breath
Pranayama - controlling the course
Of my life force

Taking control by letting go
Ease my racing mind
Ground my soaring soul
Settle down

Cross-legged on the floor
Balanced Ida and Pingala
Slowing down powers up
It's systems go

Pranayama - restraint of the breath
Pranayama - controlling the course
Of my life force

Oh Pranayama

Pranayama

Pranayama

Pranayama

Pranayama

Pranayama

Pranayama

Pranayama

Pranayama

Food's the way to my heart

VERSE
E                                              A
Wake me in the morning with a glass of hot water
E                                            B
After I've stretched, cook me some fruit
A                                                    E
Followed by oatmeal and we'll never be apart
B                                 E
Food's the way to my heart

VERSE
I'll be good 'til lunchtime for a kichda or a curry
Some rice and vegetable and mung beans all spice
Add a little desert and I'll be yours for life
Food's the way to my heart

MIDDLE
A                         E
Maybe I sound demanding
E                      B
To the untrained ear
B                                  E
But food is the heart of everything
E                          A
To happiness and life
B                        E
Cook me to paradise

VERSE
Then in the evening I'd like something light
Simply a soup would be a delight
Whatever you have dear is fine by me
Food's the way to my heart

OUTRO
A                                       B
And then when you put me to bed
A                                            E
Give me hot buttermilk and you know that I'll stay
B                                 E
Food's the way to my heart

Making my life too hard

VERSE
Em
I've been rolling around from town to town
G
Never time to settle down
Em
Working every night, too many late nights
G
Pushing harder as the tired er I get

CHORUS
A
I've been making my life too hard
C
Making my life too hard
A
Making my life too hard

VERSE
Always on the go, never saying no
Never taking any breaks
Worrying over minutes, filling up the hours
And planning out every day

CHORUS

OUTRO
Em
I want to take it easy
C
I've got to take it slow
D
I know I need a break you know
A           C           G
But I don't have time
A           C           G
I just don't have time
A           C           G
No I don't have time

Repeat VERSE 1

CHORUS

OUTRO

Peace and love

VERSE 1
G
I have walked, many miles today
C
And I have talked, all I'm going to say
G
I need to leave, this noisy place
C
I want to be, with your silent face
Em                                D
And you will bring peace to me

VERSE 2
I know that you, will slowly sooth my mind
With what you do, I can see that you are kind
I want to win, your trust to please
I want to swim, in your silent seas
And I will bring peace to you

CHORUS 1
Em                                              C
And then afterwards we go our separate ways
Em                                              C
Each taking something of the other in our ways
Em
As we know a little life
C
Know a little love
D                                  G
Put a little peace in the world

VERSE 3
Cos you're a girl, and I'm a boy
And each of us can feel, the power of healing joy
I want to be, your loving man
Doing the things, that only lovers can
And I will bring peace to you

CHORUS 2
And from the outside we will still both look the same
But inside I know a little peace of us will change
As we've known a little life
Made a little love
Put a little peace in the world

MIDDLE
G                                            
I'm not deceiving, ceiving, ceiving, ceiving
C
You know that afterwards I'll go
G
I will be leaving, leaving, leaving, leaving
C
A little further down the road
Em
To spread a little life
C
Know a little love
D
Put a little peace in the world

VERSE 3

CHORUS 2

MIDDLE

The last hangover

VERSE
G
Oh no, not again
C
This terrible feeling, exploding in my brain

My stomach's doing circles, my mouths dried up
I feel like I've drunk from the devil's death cup

So here I make a vow, an oath I'll never break
And I'll do whatever.... it takes. No...

CHORUS
          G
No....I'm never gonna drink again
C
No I'm never gonna drink again
Am
I've had it up to here with the hangovers from beer
D
And I'm giving up wine for the final time

CHORUS (kicks in)
G
No I'm never gonna drink again
C
No I'm never gonna drink again
G
No I'm never gonna drink again (louder)
C
No I'm never gonna drink agaaain!!!!!!!

No I'm never gonna drink again
No I'm never gonna drink agaaaaaaaain
Never again!!!!!!!!!!!
Never, never, never, never, never
Never again!!!!!!!!!!!
Never, never, never, never, never, again


31/3/10

Rejoice of the couchsurfer

VERSE
D
I've been surfing the world of wave of couches
I don't need a home I'm a guy that happily slouches
G
In other people's homes
In other people's homes

They give a roof and I give them a song
Stay for a night them I'm moving along

In other people's homes

In other people's homes

CHORUS

Em                 G           D

That's where I'm happiest

VERSE
They're the best times that I've ever had
I've made so many friends and of that I'm glad

In other people's homes

In other people's homes

Sitting in a home is like being in their mind
Some of them grow naturally and other's designed
In other people's homes

In other people's homes

CHORUS

VERSE
(Whistle)

VERSE
I do my bit and I love to cook
I don't take anything except sometimes swap a book

In other people's homes

In other people's homes

CHORUS
That's where I'm happiest x2

28/3/10

Everybody wants your body

CHORUS
C                             Am
You've got a beautiful body
F                                      G
Nobody would argue with that

I guarantee you that anybody
Would be jealous of my body right now

If they could see me holding your body
Somebody might get pretty mad

They'd probably want to disembody
Me, and put me in a body bag

Cos I can tell you that you embody
Everything I want in a body

You've got a beautiful body

F                     G              C

Nobody would argue with that

When are we going to sleep?

VERSE
G
Thank you for the evening
It's been one of the best
C
Thanks again for your conversation and your hospitality

G
There's one thing that I'd ask now
A question that I'd pose
C
Whether it's time we all decided to repose

CHORUS A

G

When are we going to sleep?

C

When are we going to sleep?

Am

We are tired and weary from a travelling day

D

And this wonder evening has sent us on our way

VERSE

So please point me to the couch

Or any manor of bed

I've slept on almost anything
Show me where to lay my head

Lets wake in the morning

Rested and refreshed

And continue where we left off
As all our ideas meshed

CHORUS B

When are we going to sleep?

When are we going to sleep?

We are tired and weary from a travelling day

And this wonder evening has sent us on our way

When are we going to sleep?

When are we going to sleep?

I'll be falling off my chair 

In a minute or two

MIDDLE
Am

You've done a wonderful thing

G

To let this stranger in

C

And I promise not to rob you

D

In the night

CHORUS B

Ama

VERSE
G
Everyone gets sick
D
We all wonder why
C
We all have theories
D
And then we die

I've got the flu
I've got a cold
I have an allergy
I'm getting old

But the cause of disease
Is a lack of ease
And a waste product of digestion
That you make from these

CHORUS
You make it by eating too late
You make it by eating too fast
You make it by eating at times
When you're not hungry at all

You make it by lying in late
You make it by sitting around
You make it by taking a ride
When you should really walk

You make it with fried food
You make it with raw food
You make it with cold food
From bad food or worse

VERSE
Your body gives you messages
That something is wrong
With aches and pains
And that coating on your tongue

CHORUS
It causes anger
It causes pain
It causes anxiety
It causes rage

It causes muscous
And your bad breath
It causes wheezing
And an ache in your chest

It causes wrinkles
And your hair to fall out
It causes cellulite
And problems throughout

VERSE

CHORUS
You cure it with regular meals
You cure it with relaxed meals
You cure it with small meals
You cure it with

You cure it with hot water
You cure it with triphala
You cure it with exercise
And plenty of rest

Italian TV

VERSE
D                     A                        G
It Italy, there lives a man, in the tower
With electrodes, strapped, to his brain
He sends out, his vision, to the nation
And he's driving his country insane

CHORUS

      Gm

Italian TV

                                       C

The worst thing you've ever seen

Italian TV

Like something from a retards dream

Italian TV

Is turning people into morons

Italian TV

With no idea about what's going on

VERSE
Every few years, they get to vote, to make him stop
But there minds are gone, they can't think, many don't read
And the opposition, who are supposed, to oppose
Can't even agree on a leader

CHORUS
While Italian TV
Doesn't mention the real news
Italian TV
Nobody has informed views
Italian TV

Doesn't make things complex

Italian TV

All it talks about is sex

Italian TV

Berlusconi

VERSE
You could have been someone great
Instead

You're dragging the country down

CHORUS
Berlusconi, does your mother know you lie?
Berlusconi, could you look her in the eye?
Berlusconi, you're a shame and you bring shame
Berlusconi, on your poor old lady's name
Mamma Rosa is spinning in her grave

Revolutions 2011

VERSE

F (low)

From Mubarak in the North

Dm

To Mugabe in the South

C

Bring down their regimes

Bf
By word of mouth

People standing together
Were no never so tall
Look down on the big men
Make them feel small

BRIDGE
Dm                           Bf
There are no victims here
Bf              C
Only volunteers

CHORUS
F (high)
Strike, you can strike, you should use your might, you are right
C
So, let them know, you can grow, let the people go
Bf
Rise, you're alies, you are the greater size, and the prize
F (low)
Now, this is how, you can take 'em down, with the plough

VERSE
Take old man Mugabe

Been laughing so long

But he would be weak

If the people were strong

Don't stand for elections
Where you know the result
They insult your intelligence
When they offer the cult

BRIDGE + CHORUS

MIDDLE
Bf
Peace is your weapon

F
Sit down in the street

Bf
They can't rule want don't move

C
Vote with your feet

OUTRO:
F
Biya in Cameroon
Dm
Museveni in Uganda
F
Al-Bashir in Sudan
C
Kagame in Rwanda

Aftwerki in Eritrea
Al-Qaddafi in Libya
Zenawi in Ethiopia
Jammeh in Gambia

And many many more
Make them the last