Gather round, girls
Lemme tell you about the crisis that is here
And at the end I almost see
I 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
