She and I

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[CARRIE] Miss Paul [ALICE] Mrs. Catt [CARRIE] It's been a while [ALICE] Four years [CARRIE & ALICE] I could just die after all this time She and I in the same state With nothing left to do but wait [CARRIE] This is the dress I've been planning to wear if we win [ALICE] And plan to put it on before results are in Bold [CARRIE] I only took it out to iron it So it appears you mean to burn that old suffragist flag if we lose? [ALICE] No, we sew a new star on this flag for each state we beat Tennessee would make it complete [CARRIE] And you've already sewn it on, I bet [ALICE, spoken] Not yet [CARRIE & ALICE] Should I curse or cry after all this time? She and I in the same state With nothing left to do but wait [CARRIE] I hope you realize if we lose It will be due to the backing you cost us By picketing the President during the war [ALICE] I hope you realize if we win It will be despite the power you lost us By bowing to the President during the war [CARRIE] I made allies [ALICE] I took action [CARRIE] Who cares who gets the credit or the blame? What matters is the work gets done [ALICE] Says the woman who has started writing suffrage memoirs When we haven't even won [CARRIE & ALICE] No, no, no She hasn't changed She hasn't changed at all She'll never know Should I just go? [ALICE] I know you think I'm this arrogant kid But I've just always known it's my calling to see this movement through And I can't stop moving 'til I do [CARRIE] This girl Carrie, you were this girl When you first arrived as a fiery young leader-to-be Raging at elders and raring to go Then when Susan said you were off track You played by her rules as you have ever since But Alice never held back So isn't it wild? After all this time I feel like a parent made to reprimand my child But who is rather pleased to have her do what I always wanted to Rebel daughter and careful mother Maybe she and I always needed each other [CARRIE, spoken] Alice I... I… [ALICE, spoken] What? [CARRIE, spoken] I'll see you down at the State House then