How Long? Lyrics – Suffs

She was enchanting, magnetic, unapologetic
It was almost annoying how easily she seemed to shine
You could hide nothing from her
She read you like a book

She’d have been wrecked by the results of this election
But she’d have poured us a drink
And reminded us not to lose hope
She knew her smile was all that it took

The last thing she said was the question
We’re now asking over and over as we look back
As we look forward

How long must women wait for liberty?
How long must we wait?
Must we wait?
Must we wait?

She went into trial, a laugh on her lips
She once told me discouragement only excited her
So brilliant a speaker we can’t afford to lose

She belonged to life
To the struggling actuality of the earth
I used to wish I could be in her shoes

With her voice ringing out
The centuries seemed like repetitions
Of an ancient song, singing:
How long must women wait for liberty?

How long must we wait?
Must we wait?
Must we wait?

How many more marches in the streets?
How many more efforts gone to waste?
How many more deafening defeats?
How many more histories erased?

How many more dignities deferred?
How many more told to know our place?
How many more girls will go unheard?
How many more doors shut in our face?
How many more Joans burned at the stake?
How many more of us will it take?

How long?
How long?
How long til it’s too late?
Will we wait?
Will we wait?

We won’t wait another day
We won’t wait another day
We won’t wait another day
We won’t wait, we won’t wait, we won’t

We won’t wait another day
We won’t wait another day
We won’t wait another day
We won’t wait, we won’t wait, we won’t

We won’t wait another day
We won’t wait another day
We won’t wait another day
We won’t wait, we won’t wait, we won’t

We won’t wait
We won’t wait
We won’t

We won’t wait
We won’t wait
We won’t
Last Update: May, 06th 2024