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The 8th of March 2000

Holds a woman's global strike

Ladies in their thousands are asking to be recognised

Let's stop the world and change it

Strike while the iron's hot

On the 8th of March 2000

Let's all take the day off



Let's say

If just for one day

Women were given recognition

In the form of a holiday (2번)



Where would we be without women?)

Surely that thought alone

Deserves a little recognition?

(Equal pay for work of equal value)

We speak to every woman which makes it international



Let's say

If just for one day

Women were given recognition

In the form of a holiday (2번)



In Africa, women grow 80% of the food consumed there

Women and girls spend many hours

Gathering firewood in Asia



But what's the world without a Woman's touch - mmm?

What's a man without a Woman's love?



The 8th of March 2000

Holds a woman's global strike

Ladies in their thousands are asking to be recognised

Let's stop the world and change it

Strike while the iron's hot

On the 8th of March 2000

Let's all take the day off



Let's say

If just for one day

Women were given recognition

In the form of a holiday (3번)



One day . . . with pay



Can you give us your views on this please sir?





It seems ludicrous in a society which prizes childbirth so highly

That single women who decide to keep their children

Are then penalised financially

The best indication of how much regard we have for our future

Is how well we treat its caretakers



While $700 billion a year is spent on military budgets world-wide

Less than $20 billion is spent on the essentials of life

(We want protection against all violence inside the home

We want reassurance

It's safe to walk the streets alone)

Mothers bring up babies

Which in turn become our peers

They deserve one day off

For the extra work throughout those years



We speak to all the women

Who feel they've had enough because when women stop,

Everything stops



Let's say

If just for one day

Women were given recognition

In the form of a holiday (4번)



One day . . . with pay