Pirate Queen movie - Woman lyrics

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Song by Original Broadway Cast<br /><br>

[GRANIA]<br>

Woman I am born<br>

What does "woman" mean?<br>

Must my dreams face scorn<br>

Held back and unseen<br>

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If I long for fire<br>

Must it stay unreal?<br>

Can I not desire?<br>

Am I not to feel?<br>

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If I ache to taste<br>

Am I not to try?<br>

If my heart says sail<br>

Why should I deny?<br>

I have my dreams<br>

I have made plans<br>

I see horizons wide as a man's<br>

Must I be nothing till I'm some man's wife?<br>

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Look at this face<br>

Does it deceive?<br>

Do I look made to milk and to weave?<br>

I will be damned to Hell if that is my life!<br>

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[GRANIA] (spoken) Blasphemy--I know, forgive me! But I won't take it back! I won't!<br>

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[TIERNAN] (spoken) I understand you! Somehow I never pictured you knitting. <br>

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[GRANIA]<br>

I'm almost your age,<br>

I'm your match in size,<br>

I'm as skilled with swords<br>

And equal in most eyes<br>

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But when you have a dream<br>

And you're caught in its grip<br>

You can climb aboard a ship<br>

You can -<br>

You can for you're a man!<br>

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You can reach toward that place<br>

Where the earth meets the sky<br>

Fight a battle be brave, be true<br>

If you can do it, why not I?<br>

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I'm meant to fly<br>

Sail unrestrained<br>

Why is man free and woman chained?<br>

Is that my epitaph before I die?<br>

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I should be free<br>

Free to be Grace<br>

So I can feel the wind on my face!<br>

And when life beckons, I should go<br>

Face out the storm, not stay below<br>

Am I to be just woman? No! Not I!<br>

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[Thanks to Chris, Jess for lyrics]<br>

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[Thanks to Megan for corrections]<br>

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