The Mothers of America They watched their children grow hungrier by the day They watched their husbands fade away, Watched them grow distant and mean Ground down by the hopeless rage machine They finally decided to make their stand And take back the world of man No one ever wanted it to be this way But we women are over never having a say If men can’t run the world without shedding blood Then give it back to us and we’ll get it done!! Women have bowed and curtsied and waited Patience as a virtue is understated We can no longer watch as our children scream We have to change this failing theme (“And we’re so fucking done with this repressive regime!”) We have struggled for centuries to get the right And now you’re not taking it without a fight The future of humans can’t continue on If women decide that we are done! The mothers of America watched their children cry No mother should have to see her babies die But they remembered fields and sidewalks Where the young could laugh and roam Before the world grew colder And the streets forgot their own They watched their husbands change with time Tired hands and distant eyes Ground down by the endless years Of suppressive, labored, quiet fears (Pre-Chorus) And somewhere in the silence A fire began to burn It was time to change the station Because man never seems to learn (Chorus) So the mothers rose together And they took back what was theirs No one ever wanted war But someone has to care If the world you built keeps drowning In the same old flood of blood Then give the future back to us And we’ll raise it up with love Women bowed and curtsied long Waiting patiently through the years Told that virtue meant endurance While we swallowed all our tears But patience has a breaking point When the children start to scream When the promise of tomorrow Turns into broken dreams (Pre-Chorus) We have carried life for centuries And we know what life must be (Chorus) So the mothers rose together And they took back what was theirs No one ever wanted war But someone has to care If the world you built keeps drowning In the same old flood of blood Then give the future back to us And we’ll raise it up with love (Bridge – spoken / building) We asked for voices. We asked for justice. We asked for balance. But you just shushed us! (Breakdown) We have struggled through the centuries Just to earn the right And you’re not taking back our future Without a fucking fight! (Final Chorus) The mothers of America rise To save the dying lands Because The future of the human race Still rests within our hands And the world cannot go forward If the mothers walk away So hear the storm that’s coming now — We are here. And We will stay To make you regret the day… You harmed what was ours. A mother’s love, rife with scars.
