Marching Shoulder to Shoulder - Barry Louis Polisar

We’re marching shoulder to shoulder

To demand equal rights for kids

We’re not just «cute», we’re important

We’re throwing off our chains and our bibs

Children of the world, its time to unite;

It’s time to organize and stand up for what is right

We’ve got nothing to lose but our diapers and our pins

And if we all stick together, I know that we can win

We’re marching shoulder to shoulder

Being under three feet tall is now in style

We’re the front for kid’s liberation;

Spare the rod and spoil the child

Down with «Children will speak only when they’re spoken to»

We ain’t just kids, we’re human beings too you know

We wanna be heard and we know that we’ll be seen

We won’t trust anybody who is over thirteen

We’re marching shoulder to shoulder

Were gonna speak up when we have something to say

Suppose they gave a birthday party…

And nobody came?

Were marching shoulder to shoulder;

Down with playpens and nursery schools;

Climb out of your high chairs, this fight is for you;

We want bread and roses… and chocolate cake, too

We’re tired of being pampered, we’re tired of being coddled

We’re making molotov cocktails from our baby bottles

Were marching shoulder to shoulder

The times are gonna change one day

They can send us to their rooms and they can yell and they can spank us

They can make us go to bed, but one day they’re gonna thank us