From the recording Everything Changes
This song was commissioned by the Director of Student Activities and Leadership Development at the College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, MN, for their 2006 Women’s History Month celebration and theme – “Our Place in the World.”
Lyrics
A Woman's Place
I am a woman
and my place is in the home
And my home is the whole wide world
We are world shapers, we are change makers
We are potters spinning clay, we are dreamers of a new day
We are asking questions, we are opening up the door
We are searching, finding answers, we are wisdom seeking more
Rabbi, singer, teacher, professor, poet, preacher
Driving buses, styling hair, we are everywhere
We are women, we are sweeping the hearth
We are dreaming in the dark
We are weaving at the loom, we are the rhythms of the moon
We are world shapers, we are change makers
We are tenders of the earth, we are women giving birth
We are packing lunches, we are sewing the clothes you wear
We are sleeping on park benches, we are kneeling down in prayer
Doctor, dancer, scientist, carpenter and journalist
Telling stories, rocking chairs, we are everywhere
We are women, we are stirring the pot
We are keeping the fire hot
We are holding a child’s hand, we are the rhythms of the land
We are world shapers, we are change makers
We are potters spinning clay, we are dreamers of a new day
We are laughing, crying, we are taking the time to play
We are singing, we are sighing, we are making our own way
Politician, volunteer, refugee, and engineer
In the streets and on the air, we are everywhere
We are world shapers, we are change makers
We are potters spinning clay, we are dreamers of a new day
We are rule breakers, we are home makers
We are healers of the earth, we are mid-wives at the birth
We are women, and our place is in the home
And our home is the whole wide world
© 2006 Sara Thomsen