Original Broadway Cast - Woman To Woman lyrics

ELIZABETH How dare you come, I set you free to go home So you could mother your son Yet you sail and you roam And you insult me You have a man- His pa**ion set him apart He traded his life for yours For him I softened my heart And you insult me Now worst of all A woman sails up the thames "The Pirate Queen" is your ship That mad effron'try condemns You most of all BINGHAM (spoken) Grace O'Malley, at last... The Irish sow on English ground (more dialogue) ELIZABETH (spoken) So you risk d**h and my displeasure to speak for your people? Then speak GRANIA Thank you, Your Majesty It's true you sent a mother to her son But can't a mother and a woman stand to plead when wrongs are done? I come to speak for Ireland's need I ask for dignity no more Your leaders plunder there for greed I do not think it's what you planned Woman to woman, as it were I ask for justice for my land There is a time There is an hour For those in power And those they have aggrieved To put aside all pride End what has been Put women's hearts to use And finally find a true Achieved My Queen (spoken) Shall I go on? ELIZABETH (spoken) Proceed GRANIA I'll tell you now of Irish woes My child goes hungry every night ELIZABETH I do not have a heart of stone But you defiled my precious fleet GRANIA All of our crops get sent to you How long before we starve outright? ELIZABETH You lose a war, you pay a price GRANIA Sadly, the men you put in charge Despoil us everywhere we go And disrespect our women so To me, the most egregious crime ELIZABETH If this is true, then rest a**ured, they will be dealt with in good time BOTH There is a time There is an hour For those in power To move beyond their ken A time for women to behave as men When men aren't men GRANIA My Queen... Who knows the truth that we may glean ELIZABETH Let us have a chair set down for Grace GRANIA Neither as Chieftain ELIZABETH Nor as Queen BOTH Woman to woman Face to face