Pirate Queen movie - Woman to Woman lyrics

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

ELIZABETH<br>

How dare you come,<br>

I set you free to go home<br>

So you could mother your son<br>

Yet you sail and you roam<br>

And you insult me<br>

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You have a man-<br>

His passion set him apart<br>

He traded his life for yours<br>

For him I softened my heart<br>

And you insult me<br>

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Now worst of all<br>

A woman sails up the thames<br>

"The Pirate Queen" is your ship<br>

That mad effron'try condemns<br>

You most of all<br>

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BINGHAM<br>

(spoken)<br>

Grace O'Malley, at last...<br>

The Irish sow on English ground<br>

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(more dialogue)<br>

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ELIZABETH<br>

(spoken)<br>

So you risk death and my displeasure to speak for your people?<br>

Then speak<br>

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GRANIA<br>

Thank you, Your Majesty<br>

It's true you sent a mother to her son<br>

But can't a mother and a woman stand to plead when wrongs are done?<br>

I come to speak for Ireland's need<br>

I ask for dignity no more<br>

Your leaders plunder there for greed<br>

I do not think it's what you planned<br>

Woman to woman, as it were<br>

I ask for justice for my land<br>

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There is a time<br>

There is an hour<br>

For those in power<br>

And those they have aggrieved<br>

To put aside all pride<br>

End what has been<br>

Put women's hearts to use<br>

And finally find a true<br>

Achieved<br>

My Queen<br>

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(spoken)<br>

Shall I go on?<br>

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ELIZABETH<br>

(spoken)<br>

Proceed<br>

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GRANIA<br>

I'll tell you now of Irish woes<br>

My child goes hungry every night<br>

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ELIZABETH<br>

I do not have a heart of stone<br>

But you defiled my precious fleet<br>

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GRANIA<br>

All of our crops get sent to you<br>

How long before we starve outright?<br>

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ELIZABETH<br>

You lose a war, you pay a price<br>

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GRANIA<br>

Sadly, the men you put in charge<br>

Despoil us everywhere we go <br>

And disrespect our women so<br>

To me, the most egregious crime<br>

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ELIZABETH<br>

If this is true, then rest assured, they will be dealt with in good time<br>

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BOTH<br>

There is a time<br>

There is an hour<br>

For those in power<br>

To move beyond their ken<br>

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A time for women to behave as men<br>

When men aren't men<br>

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GRANIA<br>

My Queen...<br>

Who knows the truth that we may glean<br>

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ELIZABETH <br>

Let us have a chair set down for Grace<br>

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GRANIA<br>

Neither as Chieftain<br>

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ELIZABETH<br>

Nor as Queen<br>

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BOTH<br>

Woman to woman<br>

Face to face<br>

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[Thanks to Megan for lyrics]<br>

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