Lyrics: Shaina Taub
Music: Shaina Taub
She was impatient, magnetic, unapologetic
It was almost annoying how easily she seemed to shine
You could hide nothing from her
She read you like a book
She’d have been wrecked by the results of this election
But she’d have poured us a drink
And reminded us not to lose hope
She knew her smile was all that it took
The last thing she said is the question we’re now asking
Over and over
As we look back
As we look forward
How long
Must women wait for liberty
How long
Must we wait
Must we wait
Must we wait
She went into trial, a laugh on her lips
She once told me discouragement only excited her
So brilliant a speaker we can’t afford to lose
She belonged to life
To the struggling actuality of the earth
I used to wish I could be in her shoes
With her voice ringing out
The centuries seemed like repetitions
Of an ancient song
Singing how long
Must women wait for liberty
How long
Must we wait
Must we wait
Must we wait
How many more marches in the streets
How many more efforts gone to waste
How many more deafening defeats
How many more histories erased
How many more dignities deferred
How many more told to know our place
How many more girls will go unheard
How many more doors shut in our face
How many more Joans burned at the stake
How many more of us will it take
How long
How long
Til it’s too late
Will we wait
(Ensemble: Alice, what do we do now?)
Will we wait
(Alice: Meet me at the White House gates at dawn)
Will we wait
Will we wait
We won’t wait another day
We won’t wait another day
We won’t wait another day
We won’t wait, we won’t wait, we won’t
We won’t wait another day
We won’t wait another day
We won’t wait another day
We won’t wait, we won’t wait, we won’t
We won’t wait
We won’t wait
We won’t
We won’t wait
We won’t wait
We won’t wait