Yesterday when I started out,
I knew it all, I had no doubt
Life was there in front of me
Just be who you want to be
Started work way too young
Same as all the blokes
Worked our fingers to the bone
Making do by making jokes
But now I'm older, looking back,
It doesn't seem so funny
Same work, same hours
But half the money
It's an age old story
It's an age old tale
Still the same old reasons
That are there to make us fail
Second at the table,
Picking up the crumbs
Change is alsways promised
But somehow never comes
I joined the labour party
On the shoulders of the great
Emancipated teenager
Who didnt have time to wait
Firece, feisty, full of fight
A warrior, a dreamer
Thrity years on,
I am still a union convenor
You all said to me
Stick with it, we need ya
What did I achieve?
The grievance procedure?
It's an age old story
It's an age old tale
Still the same old reasons
That are there to make us fail
Always on the outside
Kicking at the door,
Looks like a glass ceiling
From down here on the floor
It's always been a whisper
But can't it be a roar?
All those unheard voices
That won't take no more
Oh, Rita, Please wake up
I need you to see
It ain't about the money
It's equality
(Speech)
You could change the story
You could change the tale
Don't fall for all those reasons
That are there to make us fail
We have to make it our time
Why can't our time be now?
Ain't got time for waiting
Rita, make it now

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