Amendment
from Which Side Are You On? by Ani DiFranco
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lyrics
wouldn’t it be nice if we had an amendment
to give civil rights to women
to once and for all just really lay it down
from the point of view of women
i know what you’re thinking
that’s just redundant
chicks got it good now
they can almost be president
but its worker against worker
time and time again
cuz the rich use certain issues as a tool
and when i say we need the ERA it ain’t cuz i’m a fool
it’s cuz without it nobody can get away with anything cool
and you don’t have to go far like just over to canada
to feel a heightened sense of live and let live
what is it about americans
like so many pit bulls
trained to attack and to never give
we gotta put down abortion
put it down in the books for good
as central to the civil rights of women
make diversity legal
make it finally understood
through the civil rights of women
and if you don’t like abortion
don’t have an abortion!
and teach your children
how they can avoid them
but don’t treat all women
like they are your children
compassion has many faces, many names
and if men can kill and be decorated instead of blamed
then a woman called upon to mother can choose to refrain
contrary to eons of old-time religion
your body is your only true dominion
nature is not here to serve you
(or at any cost to preserve you)
that’s just some preacher man’s
old-time opinion
life is sacred
life is also profane
a woman’s life must be hers to name
let an amendment put this brutal game to rest
trust
women will still take you to their breast
trust
women will always do their best
trust
our differences make us stronger not less
in this amendment shall be
family structures shall be free
we’ll have the right to civil union
with equal rights and equal protection
intolerance finally ruined
and then there’s the kids rights!
(they’ll naturally be on board)
the funnel through which women’s lives are poured
our family is so big and we’re all so very small
let a web of relationship be laid over it all
over the strata of power piled up to the sky
over the illusion of autonomy on which it relies
over any absolute that nature does not supply
and the birthing woman shall regain her place
in the circle of women in a sacred space
turn off the machines
put away the knives
this amendment shall deliver from bondage
midwives
to give civil rights to women
to once and for all just really lay it down
from the point of view of women
i know what you’re thinking
that’s just redundant
chicks got it good now
they can almost be president
but its worker against worker
time and time again
cuz the rich use certain issues as a tool
and when i say we need the ERA it ain’t cuz i’m a fool
it’s cuz without it nobody can get away with anything cool
and you don’t have to go far like just over to canada
to feel a heightened sense of live and let live
what is it about americans
like so many pit bulls
trained to attack and to never give
we gotta put down abortion
put it down in the books for good
as central to the civil rights of women
make diversity legal
make it finally understood
through the civil rights of women
and if you don’t like abortion
don’t have an abortion!
and teach your children
how they can avoid them
but don’t treat all women
like they are your children
compassion has many faces, many names
and if men can kill and be decorated instead of blamed
then a woman called upon to mother can choose to refrain
contrary to eons of old-time religion
your body is your only true dominion
nature is not here to serve you
(or at any cost to preserve you)
that’s just some preacher man’s
old-time opinion
life is sacred
life is also profane
a woman’s life must be hers to name
let an amendment put this brutal game to rest
trust
women will still take you to their breast
trust
women will always do their best
trust
our differences make us stronger not less
in this amendment shall be
family structures shall be free
we’ll have the right to civil union
with equal rights and equal protection
intolerance finally ruined
and then there’s the kids rights!
(they’ll naturally be on board)
the funnel through which women’s lives are poured
our family is so big and we’re all so very small
let a web of relationship be laid over it all
over the strata of power piled up to the sky
over the illusion of autonomy on which it relies
over any absolute that nature does not supply
and the birthing woman shall regain her place
in the circle of women in a sacred space
turn off the machines
put away the knives
this amendment shall deliver from bondage
midwives
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from Which Side Are You On?,
released January 17, 2012
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Ani DiFranco New Orleans, Louisiana
Grammy winner and feminist icon Ani DiFranco began her career as a proponent of the artist-run label, creating her own Righteous Babe Records in 1990. Since then she has released over twenty studio albums and supported a broad range of social causes including racial justice, reproductive rights, gender equality, environmental issues and prison reform. ... more
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