Shake Your Peace! - To Protest the Way lyrics

Woke up today to protest the war Grabbed my harmonica and ran out the door Feathers in my hair to protest the war And I'm shaking my peace til my peace gets sore! Walking down the street to protest the war Walking like America's my freedom dance floor Kiss my lovey…to protest the war! Then I rolled down the gra** hill by the grocery store (why not?) CHORUS 1&2 We were screaming: "Who's streets? Our streets!" I saw an old Jewish grandma getting beat And then the cops, they jerked me off my feet Thought I came out today to protest the war, but… 1- I'm just gasping/ 2- now I'm fighting for my freedom of speech I didn't come to fight with the NYPD Riot cuffs are on my wrists, they're making it a show They're spraying mace into the crowd as they scream "Let him go!" Though their badges have eagles they throw my feathers in the gutter I say "I can't feel my fingers" so they make the cuffs tighter Then they take us all to jail and ask good terrorist hunting questions Like: "Tell me who you voted for in the last election." And "Which one of these 500,000 people told you about this secret insurrection?" And "Don't you love America and respect The Constitution and its sections?!?!" CHORUS 2 So now I gotta new way to protest the war So the NYPD redcoats don't put me behind bars…again "Who's troops? Their troops!" No I'll tell you whose they are Every activist and lefty who still drives a stinking car So now I'm going to the beach to protest the war Where redcoats' tea was once thrown in the harbor We don't need their hammers to build a new floor We're doing it ourselves: We're making salt on the shore!