Songs:I Come From Women (88728)

Lyrics

words and music by Amy Carol Webb (©1996)

arrangement by Karen Escovitz

I come from women who gave up their power

I come from women who gave up their name

And I come from women who know nothing ever stays the same


I come from women tender as roses

I come from women strong as stone

And I come from women who know no one ever walks alone


Women of wisdom, women of tears

Women who stood and embraced their fears

Women of struggle, women not free

Women who passed the torch to me


I come from women who rocked their babies

I come from women who slept awake

I come from women who guarded the fires for children's sake


I come from women who vowed to do better

I come from women tall and strong

And I come from women who taught me I must always sing my song


Women of wisdom, women of tears

Women who stood and embraced their fears

Women of struggle, women not free

Women who passed the torch to me


So Daughters everywhere, raise fire high

Lift your voices to the sky

Mothers and Sisters of the earth

Shout your name and claim your worth


Women of wisdom, women of tears

Women who stood and embraced their fears

Women of struggle, women not free

Women who passed the torch to me


I come from women tender as roses

I come from women strong as stone

And I come from women who taught me no one ever fights alone


Women of wisdom, women of tears

Women who stood and embraced their fears

Women of struggle, women not free

Women who passed the torch to me

Now joining hands we will be free

I come from women