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Last winter, famous actress Scarlet Johansson decided that if she had to choose between being Ambassador for Oxfam or a paid spokesperson for the Sodastream corporation, which makes its products on an illegal settlement on the West Bank, she decided to quit Oxfam and represent Sodastream. And I wrote this song, after Sam Husseini gave me the hook line.

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There's a Hollywood star There's the company
There's the Superbowl There's lots of money
There's the stolen land There's the minimum wage
There's international law There's the world stage
There's the ambassador There's the rubbish bin
There's the big contract There's which one wins
There's the settlements There's a great big wall
There's the political prisoners There's the ivory halls
There's the sugary water That fills your cup
But the truth keeps bubbling up

There's Captain America Saving the day
There's the American starlet Joining the fray
There's the bulldozed homes There's the tanks in the streets
There's the little children Covered in sheets
There's the sugary water...

There's the rivers of blood There's the manicured hands
There's the fighter jets There's the Baby Grands
There's the ancient trees There's the stolen farms
There's the peaceful protests There's the force of arms
There's the sugary water...

There's the ever-expanding Jewish State
There's the facts on the ground There's the sealed fate
There's the kitchen appliance There's the boycott
There's the haves There's the have-nots
There's the sugary water...

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from All the News That's Fit to Sing, released July 1, 2014
Cowritten by David Rovics and Sam Husseini

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Singer/songwriter, writer, podcaster (on Spotify, Substack & Patreon), anarchist, dad, lover of life.

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