Songs for the Fee-Demo Protest, June 15, 2002

parodies by Susan Helf, Seattle, WA.

This Land is Your Land (with apologies to Woody Guthrie)

Chorus: This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York Island
From the redwood forest to the Gulf stream water
This land was made for you and me.

1. As I was walking that ribbon of highway
I saw above me, the endless skyway
I saw below me that golden valley
This land was made for you and me

Chorus:
2. I've roamed and rambled and followed my footsteps
To the sparkling lakes of the Cascade mountains
And all around me, a voice was sounding, 
This land was made for you and me

Chorus:

3. When I go hiking, I see a big sign
and it says pay up or pay a big fine
But on the other side, it don't say nothing
That side was made for you and me. 

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4. We own the forests, the rocks and rivers
We own the glaciers, that gleam and shimmer
Why should we pay and pay just to play or pray
On lands that belong to you and me. 



		The Happy Wanderer

1. I love to go a-wandering, along the mountain track
But now I have to pay a fee, or they will haul me back
Chorus: Valderi, keep them free, keep the forests free
Valderi, keep them free,  O keep the forests free.

2. I love to wander by the stream that dances in the sun
But now if I don't pay a toll, I can't have any fun
Chorus:   Valderi, keep them free, keep the forests free.
Valderi, keep them free,  O keep the forests free. 

3. The rangers use the money they extort from you and me
To buy more rigs and guns and signs to make us pay the fee
Chorus: Valderi, keep them free, keep the forests free
Valderi, keep them free, O keep the forests free

Why must we pay and pay and pay to visit our own lands
Why must the feds set up a toll on fields and lakes and sands
Valderi, keep them free, keep the forests free. 
Valderi, keep them free, O keep the forests free

If the feds they have their way, we'll have to wait in line
At Ticketmonster for to buy a permit or be fined
Keep them free, keep them free, O keep the forests free
Keep them free, keep them free, free for you and me. 



	The Feds Will Be Locking Up the Mountains When They Come

They'll be locking up the mountains when they come (when they come)
They'll be locking up the mountains, one by one (one by one)
They'll be locking up the mountains,  waterfalls and fountains
If you don't pay a fee they'll get the gun, get the gun.

They'll be driving six green Broncos when they come, when they come
They'll be driving six green Broncos when they come, when they come
They will shake you down for money, if you're broke, well too bad honey
You will have to leave the forests when they come, when they come.

They will pave up all the trailheads when they come, when they come
They will build bomb-proof privies for your bum, for your bum.
If you want to stop and pee, you will have to pay a fee
Nothing's free in the forests when they come, when they come.



		Home on the Range

O give me a home where it's wild and I roam
In the mountains or next to the sea
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word
From the feds that we must pay a fee


Chorus: Home, home in the trees, 
On the glaciers, the trails and the seas
May our taxes support our wilderness sport
So we don't have pay a big fee 

O, leave us to stroll, without paying big tolls
Where the breezes are balmy and light
For corporations they shill
And lie to us still, but they want to lock up all the sights

Chorus: Home, home in the trees
On the glaciers,  the trails or the seas
May our taxes be used to make trails for our shoes
To enjoy our own lands every day. 



	Step by Step   (traditional)

Step by step, the longest march, 
can be won, can be won
Many stones can form an arch, 
singly none, singly none
And in union what we will 
can be accomplished still
Drops of water turn a mill, 
singly none, singly none