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A visionary pause in the cycle |
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When she refused to buy or sell |
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When the daughters of perfect wives |
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Said there must be more sacrifice |
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Needed more than symbolic change |
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More than silent wasting away |
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In factories and sterile marriages |
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He was God, she was powerless |
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With a brick for every year of life |
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She set out for the house of lies |
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The old boys' club under siege |
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His lordship cowered under his seat |
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Called for brandy and reinforcements |
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Blasted away at every movement |
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Close to breaking down the door |
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Past thick blue line and stupid laws |
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Black Friday left her bruised and stubborn |
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One brick from winning the struggle |
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Rapunzel hacked at the ivory tower |
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Asquith quickly rose to the hour |
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Appealed to patriotism, oily smiles |
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Gave nothing, called it compromise |
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Gauging the situation perfectly |
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Said ladies, ladies, listen to me |
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Nineteen fourteen, we're on the brink of war |
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Pick up a flag, drop your cause |
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Your targets are counter-revolutionary |
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Take my hand in democracy |
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Here's a piece of paper |
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You're officially free |
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Here's a list of instructions |
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For you to obey |
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And here's sharp knife |
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To cut your own throat |
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Small sacrifice in return for a vote |
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Whispered word in Pankhurst's ear |
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Visions of the first woman peer |
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Led women down the garden path |
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And into the arms of the enemy |
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Jail and force-feeding, waster martyrdom |
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Sold her songs for the national anthem |
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Slotted the smile back neatly into place |
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Served refreshments |
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At the end of the race |
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All demands reduced to a joke |
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X marks the plague, abandon hope |
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Butlers still pouring brandy for the rich |
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Excuse me pass me the privilege |
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A woman's voice, the state's idea |
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Same vested interests, same dirty deals |
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Currie and Williams immersed in the times |
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Examples to keep the rest in line |
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Currie and Williams two of a kind |
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Examples to keep the rest in line |
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Absolute power |
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Absolute power |
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Ladies, ladies, listen to me |