Verse] I told him I would bury that White House in paper Every action, every page. Watch me March 4, 1933, I move in and I do not sit still March 6, first press conference, women reporters only 348 of them, so every paper hires a woman or misses me May 16, 1933, Fort Hunt, Virginia, 25,000 veterans in the mud Hoover sent the cavalry at them. I walked in alone in my galoshes Drank their coffee, sang with them, and left And the papers said Hoover sent the Army, Roosevelt sent his wife That was 10 weeks in [Verse] Aug 18, 1933, Scott's Run, West Virginia Dirt floors. Kids with rickets. Company store owns the whole holler So I built Arthurdale. Houses, a school, a clinic. My own money in it And they called it a boondoggle in every paper in this country It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness So I lit it and let them scream 1933, I wrote It's Up to the Women Because it was, and it still is [Verse] March 12, 1934, Puerto Rico, La Perla, El Fanguito I walked those alleys myself in white gloves and printed every inch May 21, 1935, Willow Grove Mine, Ohio 2 miles under the ground in a coal car in my good dress June 26, 1935, National Youth Administration 2.5 million children in school and working 1936, Mary McLeod Bethune runs the Negro Division First Black woman to run a federal agency in this country She walks in my front door, not the service door, and eats at my table And they told me don't, and I did it anyway No one can make you feel inferior without your consent [Verse] Dec 30, 1935, I start My Day 6 days a week. 27 years. I never missed one 70 lectures a year, every state, trains and buses, no escort, dead of night A woman is like a tea bag You never know how strong she is until she's in hot water Boys, I have been in hot water since 1933 [Chorus] You must do the thing you think you cannot do That's what I said, and then I did Watch me stack it Every page, every room, every year Bury them in paper [Verse] 11-22-1938, Birmingham Municipal Auditorium Police said Black that side, white this side So I put my chair in the middle of the aisle and I sat in it And Bull Connor stood there and watched me and could not touch me 2-27-1939, I quit the DAR in my own column And the whole country read it Monday morning over breakfast 4-9-1939, Easter Sunday, Lincoln Memorial steps Marian Anderson, 75,000 people, and the top hat sitting right behind her I put a Black woman's voice in his lap, 74 years after they shot him And a 10-year-old boy named Martin heard it [Verse] 1939, Senate gallery, the anti-lynching bill I sat through the entire filibuster so they had to look at me while they killed it And they killed it Great minds discuss ideas Average minds discuss events Small minds discuss people Senators, I know exactly which one you are [Chorus] You must do the thing you think you cannot do That's what I said, and then I did Watch me stack it Every page, every room, every year Bury them in paper [Outro] Do one thing every day that scares you I did 348 of them in one year Say my name Eleanor Roosevelt
