It’s “March, March,” from the Chicks’ 2020 album, “Gaslighter.”
Written and performed by an impressive musical collective,* it’s fierce and female, a percussive, insinuating, syncopated chant in the minor key we all need now.
It’s a new civil war, and this is the new battle hymn of the Republic.
The lyrics cover a lot of territory:
March, march to my own drum
March, march to my own drum Hey, hey, I’m an army of one Oh, I’m an army of one March, march to my own drum March, march to my own drum Hey, hey, I’m an army of one Oh, I’m an army of oneBrenda’s packin’ heat ’cause she don’t like Mondays
Underpaid teacher policin’ the hallways Print yourself a weapon and take it to the gun range (Ah, cut the shit, you ain’t goin’ to the gun range) Standin’ with Emma and our sons and daughters Watchin’ our youth have to solve our problems I’ll follow them, so who’s comin’ with me? (Half of you love me, half already hate me)March, march to my own drum
March, march to my own drum Hey, hey, I’m an army of one Oh, I’m an army of one March, march to my own drum March, march to my own drum Hey, hey, I’m an army of one Oh, I’m an army of oneTell the ol’ boys in the white bread lobby
What they can and can’t do with their bodies Temperatures are risin’, cities are sinkin’ (Ah, cut the shit, you know your city is sinkin’) Lies are truth and truth is fiction Everybody’s talkin’, who’s gonna listen? What the hell happened in Helsinki?March, march to my own drum
March, march to my own drum Hey, hey, I’m an army of one Oh, I’m an army of one March, march to my own drum March, march to my own drum Hey, hey, I’m an army of one Oh, I’m an army of one*Songwriters: Jack Antonoff / Ian Kirkpatrick / Natalie Maines / Emily Robison / Martie Maguire / Daniel Wilson / Ross Jacob Golan