Crisis

Composed by：Aoife O'Donovan

Arranged by：Tanner Porter/The Westerlies

Produced by：Aoife O’Donovan/Darren Schneider/Eric Jacobsen

Gather round girls

Lemme tell you about the crisis that is here

At the end I almost see

Our final victory

I know that we don't all believe

That it'll be what it'll be

But a crisis 'tis indeed like

A boulder gathering speed

'Cause if we fail to act upon it

It might mean the chance has been lost

And we will have to wait to win

It's 1916 we're talking war and battle cries

Oh women dry your eyes

Gotta rise up and fight

You may be troubled and bewildered

And stricken with grief

But you can solve it

Fix these knotty problems

Try to breathe

'Cause if we fail to act upon it

It might mean the chance has been lost

And we will have to wait to win

Oh America look up at that north star

One day it'll come down

The time has come to shout aloud

In every city and village and town

The woman's hour has struck

The woman's hour is now

If we fail to act upon it

It might mean the chance has been lost

There was a man in West Virginia

And someone asked him what he thought

He said we've been keeping women down

So long it would feel so queer to not

If someone asked his wife the same question

And here is what she'd say

We've been down so long we gotta stay this way

Therein lies the movement of those who say Nay

Oh America look up the star is getting nearer

It's time to shout aloud to everybody who can hear us

The woman's hour has struck the woman's hour is now

The woman's hour is here