SONGS
Updated 1/2/25
DEMOCRACY: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL
features SONGS for S.A.T.B. CHORUS (Soprano, Also, Tenor, and Baritone voices)
with solos as well as four part choral singing.
Songs are accompanied by a four piece band consisting of
PIANO, MULT-TIMBRAL KEYBOARD, BASS, and DRUMS
but may be performed with just piano, piano and drums, or piano, bass and drums.
On this page please find SONGS in progress including
DEMOS where an instrument (horn) stands in for vocal melodies.
Also, LYRICS and MUSICAL SCORES for Vocals and Piano.
Currently there are twelve songs available for your perusal.
There will be twenty (+ or -) songs in the completed work.
New demos are added to this page as they are completed.
Please check back again for the latest updates!
ACT I: PEOPLE
POWER TO THE PEOPLE
People! You have the power.
People! You have the right.
People! It’s not the time to cower.
People! It’s time to stand and fight.
Stand up, (stand up), rise up, (rise up) for
Liberty, freedom and all that you cherish and believe in.
Hear now destiny calling,
Crying out, shouting out, screaming out the warning.
Now is the time for you to speak up.
People, you have the power, you have the vision,
You have the strength that is needed.
So listen people, this is your duty, this is your mission,
This is your moment to defend your liberty.
People, your future, your dreams, your ambitions and
All that you cherish and all that’s precious to you are now in
Danger and peril if you do not defend them now.
So, rise up and stand up, and speak against the scourge of tyranny.
Now’s the time for you and me to stand up for our democracy.
If we don’t our life will be in the grip of autocracy.
So speak up now for democracy
For that is the thing that will keep us free.
Never doubt what you can do; your future’s up to you.
Power! Power to the people
For it is the people who keep us free.
Click here to listen to instrumental demo.
WE ARE THE PEOPLE
We are! We are the people.
We are! We are autonomy
We are! We are all equal.
We are! We are democracy.
We are lawful, we are hopeful.
We are joyful, we are thankful.
Now, we are all singing.
Now, freedom is ringing.
Now, destiny’s gifting a mission, a vision
of unity, justice and domestic tranquility with
blessings of liberty for us and posterity.
We are! We are the people.
We are! We are autonomy
We are! We are all equal.
We are! We are democracy.
We are lawful, we are hopeful.
We are joyful, we are thankful.
We are a single nation; we have an obligation.
Now it is our right to follow light and destiny.
People! Now our time is here.
People! Have no dread or fear.
We are! We are the people.
We are! We are autonomy
We are! We are all equal.
We are! We are democracy.
We are lawful, we are hopeful.
We are joyful, we are thankful.
We have a single nation; we have an obligation.
Now it is our right to follow light and destiny.
We are! We are the people.
We are! We are autonomy
We are! We are all equal.
We are! We are democracy.
(shouted)
WE ARE!
DEMOCRACY’S CHILD
You have freedoms; you have rights!
You have futures shining bright.
You are Democracy’s Child.
You are the stories, you are the songs.
You are the heroes facing a world gone wrong.
You are Democracy’s Child.
Fear it! – It’s a threat to liberty!
See it ! - It’s a dark hostility!
Feel it! – It’s a deep toxicity!
Now all the world can clearly see the danger to democracy!
You are the future, you are the way.
You are the promise of a brand new day.
You are Democracy’s Child.
See it! - Like a vision in the distance!
Feel it! - It’s the goal of co-existence!
Be it! - With a resolute resistance!
Humanity now waits to see if you defend democracy!
You are the future, you are the way.
You are the promise of a brand new day.
You are Democracy’s Child.
You are the stories, you are the songs.
You are the heroes facing a world gone wrong.
You are Democracy’s Child.
You have freedoms; you have rights!
You have futures shining bright.
You are Democracy’s Child.
ACT II: FREEDOM
SPACER
FREEDOM
Freedom calls me; independence, liberation, democracy!
People singing, freedom ringing in defense of sweet liberty.
I’m standing for freedom, I’m standing for justice.
I’m standing for choosing, I’m standing for dignity.
The voices of tyrants still echo in the halls of liberty.
The forces of evil still linger planning for their victory.
If you want to truly be free; stand up, rise up, speak up, free up!
If you want real democracy; stand up, rise up, speak up, free up!
I’m voting for freedom, I’m voting for justice.
I’m voting for choosing, I’m voting for dignity.
Our voices, our meaning shall echo in the halls of liberty.
The songs we are singing; our music resonates in harmony.
If you want to truly be free; stand up, rise up, speak up, free up!
If you want real democracy; stand up, rise up, speak up, free up!
Freedom calls me; independence, liberation, democracy!
People singing, freedom ringing in defense of sweet liberty.
Freedom, freedom; now is the time in need my
Freedom, freedom; now is the time in need my
Freedom, freedom; now is the time in need my
Freedom, freedom!
EXTRA, EXTERA, READ ALL ABOUT IT!
Reading the news of the day, we search for truth
Informing, brainstorming, heartwarming.
Beaming to us, all around us,
delivered right to us on airways and byways.
ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS,
Magazines, newspapers, journals and bloggers.
Google and Yahoo and Duck Duck Go Internet,
Twitter and Face Book, and YouTube and Text books.
Hear them shouting out on the corners, “Extra, Extra!”
Casting doubting out for all readers.
Extra! Read all about it!
Watch them putting out information
“Extra, Extra!” Bringing stories out to the nation
Extra! Read all about it!
Reporting the real evidence, honest and true;
unvarnished, ungarnished, untarnished
If we hear it and believe it
our choices, our actions determine our liberty.
Influencers all have their say.
We consume it and review it,
It’s our choice to believe it or not.
We can sell it all on Main Street,
Rights for which our ancestors fought.
Hear them shouting out on the corner, “Extra, Extra!”
Casting doubting out for all readers.
Extra! Read all about it!
See them putting out information
“Extra, Extra!” Bringing stories out to the nation
Extra! Read all about it!
IT’S MY BODY
It’s my body, it’s my choice!
It’s my future, it’s my voice!
My body is my own, my bodily integrity.
My choices are well known, my personal autonomy.
We women must stand together in our fight.
Defending our basic human right.
We’re all of your mothers; we’re all of your grandmothers.
We’re all of your daughters, your sisters, your nieces.
We’re all of us singing together in harmony.
We’re all of us speaking up for freedom and justice.
Now! Destiny is calling out to all of us and our posterity.
Now! It’s our right to make our choice and to be free.
My body is my own, my bodily integrity.
My choices are well known, my personal autonomy.
We women must stand together in our fight.
Defending our basic human right.
We know what our truth is, we know what our body needs.
We know what our dreams and ambitions and hopes are.
We know what is best for our future and family.
We know what is right for us to make our choices.
It’s my body, it’s my choice!
It’s my future, it’s my voice!
Click here to listen to instrumental demo.
LOVE WHO YOU LOVE
You tell me you love me and I tell you love you.
So, we’ll stay here together singing love who you love.
Here, under the rainbow, we’ll dance together as lovers.
Strong and proud we show our selves.
We trust in each other and hold dear our closeness.
We celebrate knowing that we are loved.
So, tell me you love me and I’ll tell you I love you
And we’ll stay here together and love who you love.
Love was never our choosing.
Love was often confusing.
Yet here we are now in love.
You tell me you love me and I tell you love you.
So, we’ll stay here together singing love who you love.
Click here to listen to instrumental demo.
COME TOGETHER
We have many freedoms
But there’s one freedom not done alone.
We need each other for the freedom
To assemble peacefully.
When our lives are not what we hope for.
And, when our rights are not solid and strong
We can gather and protest together
So we can make our displeasure known.
Demonstrations, acclamations, aspirations, affirmations.
Self-expressions, public sessions, strong objections to oppressions!
Disaffections, disconnections, redirections, course corrections.
Strikes and pickets that’s the tickets to democracy.
People! Come together!
It’s our birth right to assemble.
We are peaceful yet determined
To pursue our aspirations.
SHOULD I PRAY
Should I pray, “Ave Maria?”
Should I kneel and bow my head?
Should I shout a Halleluiah?
Or, should I just go to sleep in my bed?
Is there only sky above me?
Is there only dirt beneath?
Is there a someone who cares for and loves me?
Or, am I only imagining?
Should I hope that someone can hear me?
Should I whisper a silent prayer?
Should I trust a God is near me?
Or should I just assume nobody’s there?
In my private thoughts I am distressed and deeply troubled.
There are so many voices who sing of different choices.
If your God is real then why has he not heard my praying,
Or calmed my anguished doubting and fears as they keep mounting?
Should I pray, “Ave Maria?”
Should I kneel and bow my head?
Should I shout a Halleluiah?
Or, should I just go to sleep in my bed?
I’M SPEAKIN’ UP!
There will be those who would abuse you,
Still you’re standing tall, facing them all.
And so to those who would confuse you and use you,
Speak up and say, “I’m Democracy’s Child!”
I’m speakin’ up today!
I’m gonna say what I need to say!
I’m speakin’ up today.
Now I know I’m okay.
Now when the night is filled with terrors,
I can still see, a new day for me.
And so in the night when I am on my own all alone,
I’ll speak up and say I’m Democracy’s Child!
I’m speakin’ up today!
I’m gonna say what I need to say!
I’m speakin’ up today.
Now I know I’m okay.
When you are on your own, and feeling all alone, what will you do?
I’ll speak up!
When you are terrified, totally mystified, what will you do?
I’ll speak up!
When the anxiety devours society, what will you do?
I’ll speak up!
When the authority is not the majority, what will you do
I’ll speak up!
Now in this time of fear and worries
I will not bow and I will not kneel.
I'll stand firm and fight ‘cause I am not alone on my own.
I’ll speak up and say I’m Democracy’s Child!
I’m speakin’ up today!
I’m gonna say what I need to say!
I’m speakin’ up today.
Now I know I’m okay.
When we are on our own, and feeling all alone.
When we are terrified, totally mystified.
When the anxiety devours society.
When the authority is not the majority, what are we gonna do?
We’re speakin’ up!
ACT III: DANGER
In Progress
I’M AFRAID
I’m afraid!
After all the times you told me
that I’d never need to fear; ‘cuz you’d always be here.
I’m afraid!
After all the times you promised me,
that God was lookin’ out for me; is He here?
I’m afraid!
After all the times you’d comfort
me and shield me from reality; now it’s here!
Now in the night, when I’m all alone,
I am consumed by all my terrors.
Anxiety creeps, swallows me whole,
Don’t let me die by human error!
I’m afraid!
If the ones who make the laws and rules
are the same as those who think us fools,
How can I have hope?
I’m afraid!
If the billionaires with high placed friends
can influence for their own ends,
How can still cope?
What am we gonna do, now that it’s happened?
What can I do, just to get though another day?
What are we s’posed to do, how can we stop it?
Insanity reigns, humanity strains to find a way!
When I stop and think how we’re on the brink, I feel so afraid.
I just want to say, can’t we find a way to live and let live every day.
I’m afraid!
After all the times they promised me
they’d keep the world quite safe for me…is it so?
I’m afraid!
After all the times they lied to me
about my frail security…so it goes.
Now in the night, when I’m all alone
I am consumed by all my terrors.
Anxiety creeps, swallows me whole.
Don’t let me die by human error!
I’m afraid!
That it may already be too late and
we’ve already sealed our fate, how will we survive?
I’m afraid!
If someone does not speak up
and say that we must find a better way,
I may not be alive…to be afraid.
DANCE OF THE AUTOCRAT
Be advised, autocracies are real.
Be aware, once here there’s no repeal.
The Autocrat will spin you in a terrifying dance.
Be alert, or you haven’t got a chance.
The Autocrat now waits for you to take his tiny hand.
Go on, take it now; it’s all his master plan.
Dance in the moon light, dance in the sun.
Dance ‘til your body is aching and done.
Dance like a demon alone in your shell.
Dance like you’re churning and burning in Hell.
The time has come, the Autocrat is here.
See his face, grinning in the night.
The Autocrat is waiting for you to speak his name.
Say it now; you know his worldly fame.
The Autocrat is calling you to rise and make a fateful choice.
Are you silent still, or will you raise your voice?
Dance in the moon light, dance in the sun.
Dance ‘til your body is aching and done.
Dance like a demon alone in your shell.
Dance like you’re churning and burning in Hell.
ACT IV: TRANSCENDENCE
In Progress - Coming Soon!