"If You Want to Be a Voter (The Ballad of Sarasota)"
Words and Music by Lori Rosolowsky © 2007 Permission granted to distribute song
Verse 1
Woody Guthrie said this land was made for you and me
He walked where soldiers paved the way for our democracy
Like Trenton, Saratoga, New Orleans, the Alamo
Well, there's another battleground, a place you ought to know
Chorus
If you want to be a voter, don't count on Sarasota
Because in Sarasota your vote doesn't have to count
Eighteen thousand votes are missing, and the media ain't listening
Electronic voting's in, democracy is out
Verse 2
I walked up to the courthouse and heard the people say
Something rotten happened here on Election Day
The judge said, "Sorry, people, you can't look at what's inside
