19th Amendment

[Interlude]

We want to vote

We want to vote

We want to vote (I've got the right to vote)

We want to vote

We want to vote

We want to vote (August 18, 1920)

We want to vote (The women's suffrage amendment)

We want to vote (Ratified)

[Intro]

Women have been fighting for the legal right to vote since the 1840's

In 1890, the National American Woman Suffrage Association

N-A-W-S-A, was established with Susan B. Anthony its leading force

But women have been fighting for their rights since the very beginning of time

[Verse 1]

First they said we couldn't dance

Then said we couldn't drink

And unless some man allowed it

They said we couldn't think

They said we shouldn't speak

'Til we were spoken to

Well, there was just so much back then

We weren't allowed to do

[Chorus]

But the first bite of that apple

I guess revealed the truth

That's when Eve got smart

And that's why Adam don't like fruit

But that ol' tree of knowledge (That tree of knowledge)

Had some limbs that broke

We had to fight for women's rights

They said we couldn't vote

[Interlude]

It is the duty of the women of this country

To secure for themselves the sacred right to vote

[Verse 2]

We've carried signs, we've cussed at times

Marched up and down the streets

We had to fight for women's rights

Wore blisters on our feet

We got tired of seein' all our

Dreams go up in smoke

Burdens more than we could tote

Having lies crammed down our throats

But that ol' dam finally broke

When women finally got the right to vote

[Refrain]

We want to vote

We want to vote

[Verse 3]

They said a woman's place

Was staying in her hut

Washin', cookin', cleanin'

Wipin' baby's butts

They said she'd never see the day

We'd equal up to them

But here we are, we've come so far

I guess we sure showed them

[Chorus]

The first bite of that apple

I guess revealed the truth

That's when Eve got smart

And that's why Adam don't like fruit

But that ol' tree of knowledge (That tree of knowledge)

Had some limbs that broke

We had to fight for women's rights

They said we couldn't vote

[Refrain]

We want to vote

We want to vote (Get out of the street!)

We want to vote (Ladies, this is illegal)

We want to vote (Move)

We want to vote (Get out)

We want to vote

[Verse 4]

We were defiant, I'll admit

But we all knew we couldn't quit

'Cause the suffrage amendment

Must be passed

We protested, we cried out

Finally, it came about

Ratified by Tennessee

We won at last

[Chorus]

And the first bite of that apple

I guess revealed the truth

That's when Eve got smart

And that's why Adam don't like fruit

But that ol' tree of knowledge (That tree of knowledge)

Had some limbs that broke

We had to fight for women's rights

We won the right to vote

[Post-Chorus]

They thought we were a joke

They tried to dash our hopes

With every word they spoke

They tried to revoke

A woman's right to vote

But we made it!

[Interlude]

And on August 18th, 1920

The woman's suffrage amendment was ratified

[Outro]

We want to vote

We want to vote

We want to vote

We want to vote

We want to vote

We want to vote

We want to vote

We want to vote

We want to vote