Women Across the River

Oh, the women 'cross the river
 Carry water from the well at break of day
 They talk to one another
 God only knows what they might say
 You might get an education
 After years of dedication
 You might finally get a glimpse
 Of what is right and what is wrong
 But the women 'cross the river
 They knew that all along
 Oh, the women 'cross the river
 Work with tools that are ancient and handmade
 They plow their fields in perfect rows and then
 They rest beneath the shade
 Now we have learned to build
 Out of concrete out of steel
 And our buildings last a thousand years
 But then even they are bound to fall
 But the women 'cross the river
 Never learned to build a wall
 Oh, the women 'cross the river
 Are as gentle as the dew upon the ground
 How I love to hear them laughing in the rain
 When it makes that perfect sound
 Now a soldier with a gun and a battle to be won
 Might kill you with a bullet
 And you'd never even know the reasqon why
 But the women 'cross the river
 They can kill you with their eyes
 The women 'cross the river
 They can kill you with their eyes