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Tell Me Why

from Defending the Land by Ecowar

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Hi to Wendy O'Matic for the Real Women poem
Music Summer 97 AND 98 Peninsula Iberica
Thanks to James helping me with the lyrics
FOR LEO

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CAN SOMEBOSY PLEASE
CAN SOMEBOSY TELL ME WHY
CAN SOMEBOSY TELL ME WHY THAT WOMAN NVER LAUGHS
OH NO SHE DOESN'T SMILE

WELL SHE'S GOT FEW THINGS TO LAUGH ABOUT
HER BEST FRIEND KILLED HERSELF OUT OF LONELINESS AND FEAR
HER MUM IS AN ALCHOHOLIC JUST ANOTHER VICTIM OF SEXIST SOCIETY
THEY TELL US FEMINISM HAS TRIUMPHED THAT WOMEN ARE EQUAL
YEAH RAMBO WOMEN WITH GUNS ON TV
GOT FEMALE BOSSES IN DESTRUCTIVE MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES
BUT THESE WOMEN ONLY MATCH THEIR MALE COUNTERPARTS
THESE POSITIONS OF POWER ARE NOT MATRIARCHY
WE NEED A NEW WORLD NOT SIMPLY WOMEN IN MALE ROLES
TOO MANY WOMEN DON'T SPEAK OUT AND DEMONSTRATE
AGAINST THEIR SUPPRESSION
SHE'S CRYING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS IN SILENCE

HER GIRLFRIEND IS BEING BASHED BY HER BOYFRIEND
STILL SHE LOVES HIM STILL SHE COVERS UP FOR HIM
IN WARS WOMEN ARE RAPED, KIDNAPPED OR STAY AT HOME
WITH THE CHILDREN TO STARVE
WOMEN IN THE HISTORY OF ALL CULTURES HAVE BEEN TORTURED
LOCKED UP CONTROLLED BURNED CASTRATED CONDITIONED STONED TO DEATH
BY THE MALE RULERS OF THEIR LIVES
SHE'S TIRED BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN AT WORK ALL DAY
NOW SHE'S TAKING CARE OF HIM AS IF HE WERE A BABY

CHORUS

SHE LIVES IN AN UNPLEASANT LIVING SITUATION
SHE FEELS DEPENDENT SHE'S AFRAID
SHE FEELS UGLY HER GIRLFRIENDS TELL HER SHE'S FAT
SHE HAS NO SEX, SHE FEELS GUILTY
SHE'S GOT NO ONE TO TALK TO SHE CRIES
A REAL WOMAN MUST PERFORM MIRACLES ON HERSELF DAILY
TO KEEP THE VOICE OF CRITICSM
THE VOICE OF MEN
HER PIMP HER FATHER HER DOCTOR HER LOVER
HER BROTHER OUT OF HER MIND
WHO WILL PROTECT THEM WHO WILL SET THEM FREE
WHO CARES ... SHE CRIES ALONE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS IN SILENCE

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from Defending the Land, released January 1, 2002

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James Brook

James Brook plays an alt folk/ folk punk style. Since the 90's he has combined activism and music, travelling the world and releasing multiple albums about his experiences. he has fronted bands Ecowar, Boarding Party and Skreechtramps as well as his solo work. ... more

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