[Intro] One voice made a promise One hand passed it on Generation after generation Till the silence was gone [Verse 1] Seneca Falls in forty eight Stanton said we should not wait Women gathered with a choice Stand together find your voice Susan B Anthony joined the fight Year by year they claimed that right Different groups became one cause Changing minds and changing laws Stanton Anthony carried on Anna Shaw kept moving strong Carrie Catt picked up the call Pass it on and give it all [Chorus] Count me in Let equality begin If the law can shape my life Then my vote belongs within Pass it on Till the right becomes the law Every voice denied too long Made the movement twice as strong Count me in Count me in [Verse 2] Working women knew the score They were asking something more Better hours better pay Give us power give us say Jane Addams joined the growing call A fairer world should count us all Then they took it to the street Marching steady on their feet Washington in nineteen thirteen Thousands came to make a scene From the factories to the square You could feel it everywhere [Chorus] Count me in Let equality begin If the law can shape my life Then my vote belongs within Pass it on Till the right becomes the law Every voice denied too long Made the movement twice as strong Count me in Count me in [Verse 3] Alice Paul came with a plan Push the fight as hard as you can Wilson would not change his mind So they stood outside with signs By the White House day by day Silent voices had their say Some were taken off to jail Still the movement would not fail They would not just disappear They made sure the world could hear Every sign and every stand Passed the promise hand to hand [Chorus] Count me in Let equality begin If the law can shape my life Then my vote belongs within Pass it on Till the right becomes the law Every voice denied too long Made the movement twice as strong Count me in Count me in [Verse 4] By nineteen seventeen things had changed More and more the states rearranged New York joined and turned the tide Wilson soon came to their side Congress passed it nineteen nineteen One more step toward the dream State by state the answer came Till Tennessee completed the chain Nineteen twenty made it law After years of giving all From Seneca Falls to victory They passed the vote through history [Bridge] One hand wrote it One hand raised it One voice spoke it One crowd sustained it One generation Passed hope to the next Until voting rights Entered the constitutional text [Final Chorus] Count me in Let equality begin If the law can shape my life Then my vote belongs within Pass it on Till the right becomes the law Every voice denied too long Made the movement twice as strong Count me in Count me in From Seneca Falls To the amendment Count me in Count me in The vote became the victory The people made permanent [Outro] One voice made a promise One hand passed it on Nineteen Twenty The ballot carried on
