STAND UP AND BE COUNTED
Words by Gary Sohmers, music by Gary Sohmers and Bill Holloman
“STAND UP AND BE COUNTED” words by Gary Sohmers, music by Gary Sohmers and Bill Holloman.
©2019 Beasties Rock Opera. All rights reserved.
Voice: There’s a call to arms in the world today
Fear and greed seem to lead the way
Driven by invertebrates
Who can’t stand up, we’ve become their slaves
Gra: To control your world, and drive you mad
Make you think that it all has gone bad
Without a knowledge of the past
Or sense of logic even if crass
Terra & Voice: we’ll take a pass
Terra & Voice: Stand up and be counted
Gra: Listen heed the call
Terra & Voice: Stand up and be counted
Gra: You’re an individual
Gra, Terra & Voice: Stand up and be counted
Traitor: Hey you, up against the wall
Gra, Terra & Voice: Stand up and be counted
Traitor: You’re no individual
Voice: Who among us will heed the call
Terra: Support the cause to freedom’s hall
Voice: With a sincere sense of it all,
Terra: As we stand up, see the cracks in their wall
Voice: To control our food, our air and minds, Truth so painful, sheep stay blind
Terra & Gra: Destroying our climate is so unkind, There is no sense in letting it slide
Voice: If this is the future, we’ve run outta time
Terra & Voice: Stand up and be counted
Gra: Watch the bullies fall
Terra & Voice: Stand up and be counted
Gra: Many individuals
Gra, Terra & Voice: Stand up and be counted
Traitor: Hey you, up against the wall
Gra, Terra & Voice: Stand up and be counted
Traitor: You’re no individuals
Chanted over the dirge
Voice: They attack our culture, attach our bonds, detach our future, They’d rather build bombs
They divide to conquer, And take our funds
Voice: We can take down their egos, open their flaws, Teach them some lessons bout passing bad laws
Voice: Stand up to the bullies, stand up to the fear, stand up to the cowards, stand up to the sheep,
Voice: We’ll stand up as humans, stand for our needs
Gra: Bullies come and bullies go, History has the skill to show,
Voice: What happened before we now know, Can happen today if we don’t grow
Gra: Small minded beings inhabit the earth, Millions of creatures primordial birth, Beings not capable of filling the dearth, Breeding new bullies without any worth
Voice: Can we defeat them, they seem so immersed
Terra & Voice: Stand up and be counted
Gra: Hey you, hear the call
Terra & Voice: Stand up and be counted
Gra: If you’re an individual
Entire Cast: Stand up and be counted
Gra: watch the bullies fall
Gra, Terra & Voice: Stand up and be counted
Gra: Many individuals
Entire Cast: Stand up and be counted,
Gra: Sheep need not stall
Entire Cast: Stand up and be counted,
Gra: We’re all Individuals
Entire Cast: Stand up and be counted, HEY YOU
Gra: Time to move the wall
Entire Cast: Stand up and be counted,
Gra: You’re all
Entire Cast: individuals
Stand Up!
“STAND UP AND BE COUNTED” words by Gary Sohmers, music by Gary Sohmers and Bill Holloman.
©2019 Beasties Rock Opera. All rights reserved.