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The 8^th 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 8^th 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 x 2

(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 x 2

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 8^th 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 8^th 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 x 3

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 x 4

One day . . . with pay 

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