Oct 1, 2026 · 21 min · 8 segments
Episode 49 of **Cool Tunes for a Hot Planet** compels us to take action to Get Out The Vote! With the stakes so high it’s not enough to depend on just “likely voters”. How do we encourage and mobilize…
Warren SendersHostPlayback when, when they said all men So back then to vote required being white and being rich and being male.
They said if you can't vote, if you've got no property, you can't vote if you're not free.
You can't vote if you are a woman because you've got no stake in democracy.
Year by year, people have to ponder what the Declaration must have meant.
By all men, will you try for an electoral adjustment? And they won the vote for those who had no property.
Won the vote for those who'd been free.
Won the vote, won the vote for women.
They wrote it down, it was guaranteed.
They all said it's my vote, you can't deny it.
My voice can't take it away.
My rights, I won't be crying.
It's my vote, my voice, my right.
My vote, my...
Well, the rights are right, but without a fight it can evaporate and float away.
And by night, people came a-creepin' and they tried to take the boat away.
They said, you can't vote.
You haven't paid the poll tax.
You can't vote.
You can't pass the exam.
You can't vote for fear of retribution.
And the people stood up and said, well, damn it.
My vote, you can't deny.
My voice can't take it away.
My right, I want you
crying.
Playback when, when they said all men So back then to vote required being white and being rich and being male.
They said if you can't vote, if you've got no property, you can't vote if you're not free.
You can't vote if you are a woman because you've got no stake in democracy.
Year by year, people have to ponder what the Declaration must have meant.
By all men, will you try for an electoral adjustment? And they won the vote for those who had no property.
Won the vote for those who'd been free.
Won the vote, won the vote for women.
They wrote it down, it was guaranteed.
They all said it's my vote, you can't deny it.
My voice can't take it away.
My rights, I won't be crying.
It's my vote, my voice, my right.
My vote, my...
Well, the rights are right, but without a fight it can evaporate and float away.
And by night, people came a-creepin' and they tried to take the boat away.
They said, you can't vote.
You haven't paid the poll tax.
You can't vote.
You can't pass the exam.
You can't vote for fear of retribution.
And the people stood up and said, well, damn it.
My vote, you can't deny.
My voice can't take it away.
My right, I want you
crying.
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