Lyrics and Music by Teresa Healy
(Ottawa, February 1, 2004)
I do it with love
I do it for you
For the ones who have passed on
For your children too
Though it take me away
And so long from my home
It has to be done
I can’t do it alone
I can’t just turn away
Turn away and close my eyes
I think we can make a change
And that’s what gives me life
Would it unsettle the home?
Would it bring peace to the land?
Would we end up corrupted
As we make our demands?
Imagine the change,
Though they still don’t agree,
If we all had a voice?
If the women were free?
Whenever I can’t decide,
Whether or not to fight,
I hear a silence in this land
So, I fight, I fight
No more will I wait
As the powers that be
Use the hand of the law
To make light of our plea
Is a woman not strong?
Can her wit be denied?
Is her heart not as full
As this wide Western sky?
Shall we go to the highest court
The highest court in the land?
Does a woman dare stand her ground
Stand her ground before a man?