Woman To Woman Lyrics - Original Broadway Cast

ELIZABETH 

How dare you come, 

I set you free to go home 

So you could mother your son 

Yet you sail and you roam 

And you insult me 

You have a man- 

His passion set him apart 

He traded his life for yours 

For him I softened my heart 

And you insult me 

Now worst of all 

A woman sails up the thames 

"The Pirate Queen" is your ship 

That mad effron'try condemns 

You most of all 

BINGHAM 

(spoken) 

Grace O'Malley, at last... 

The Irish sow on English ground 

(more dialogue) 

ELIZABETH 

(spoken) 

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

Then speak 

GRANIA 

Thank you, Your Majesty 

It's true you sent a mother to her son 

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

I come to speak for Ireland's need 

I ask for dignity no more 

Your leaders plunder there for greed 

I do not think it's what you planned 

Woman to woman, as it were 

I ask for justice for my land 

There is a time 

There is an hour 

For those in power 

And those they have aggrieved 

To put aside all pride 

End what has been 

Put women's hearts to use 

And finally find a true 

Achieved 

My Queen 

(spoken) 

Shall I go on? 

ELIZABETH 

(spoken) 

Proceed 

GRANIA 

I'll tell you now of Irish woes 

My child goes hungry every night 

ELIZABETH 

I do not have a heart of stone 

But you defiled my precious fleet 

GRANIA 

All of our crops get sent to you 

How long before we starve outright? 

ELIZABETH 

You lose a war, you pay a price 

GRANIA 

Sadly, the men you put in charge 

Despoil us everywhere we go 

And disrespect our women so 

To me, the most egregious crime 

ELIZABETH 

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

BOTH 

There is a time 

There is an hour 

For those in power 

To move beyond their ken 

A time for women to behave as men 

When men aren't men 

GRANIA 

My Queen... 

Who knows the truth that we may glean 

ELIZABETH 

Let us have a chair set down for Grace 

GRANIA 

Neither as Chieftain 

ELIZABETH 

Nor as Queen 

BOTH 

Woman to woman 

Face to face