Updated version of the "Pizza" song I posted the other day

[Ken Burch]

(sung at today's Juneau, Alaska "MoveOn" rally, which was the biggest we had of the week-200 people or more on the capitol steps in the snow, organized on two days' notice):

(for those who missed the thread on the earlier version of the song, it was inspired by the Egyptians who sent pizza to the Madison protesters)

Pizza’s always spicy
Pizza’s always good
Pizza’s always there for sale
In your neighborhood
Pizza’s always tasty
Either cold or hot
There’s not a lot of things
That a pizza is not
And pizza has a lesson
That it’s ready to teach
I’m gonna tell it to you
And I’ll try not to preach

(and here it is…)

By itself, each part of pizza
Isn’t bad, my friends
But they make each other better
When they join in the blend
The crust is just some dough
Until you add the sauce
And without the stringy cheese
It’s still a total loss
Then the garlic and the spices
Add their power to the rest
And the toppings of your choices
Make it all pass the test

(so what’s that mean?)

All of us have something
We can give, be or do.
When we blend ‘em all together,
We get something brand new.
You could be the key ingredient
That brings out the taste
Of a better life for everyone
And there’s no time to waste.
Get ready to get heated,
Folks are hungry for a bite,
We’re the Pizza Party, baby
Serve the future tonight.


The world still needs more pizza
Take the pan in your hands.
That oily circular treat
Can show us how to make a stand.
They serve it fresh in Cairo
And Wisconsin, too,
It’s a slice of liberation
And food for thought, too.
If all we all stick together
And the crust don’t get dry,
We can bake a new world-
And that ain’t “pie in the sky.


I'll probably be posting a version of it on YouTube as soon as I can find someone with a camcorder)