Suffs - The Young Are At The Gates Lyrics

2024 Broadway
Suffs the Musical - The Young Are At The Gates Lyrics


The song is written by Shaina Taub.

DORIS:
I won't forget
That frigid January morning
When my heart was in my stomach
At the President's front door

RUZA:
I could barely feel my toes
But my spirit was on fire

LUCY:
With the thrill of trying something
No one's ever done before

ALICE:
I could feel my shoulders tighten
So unsure how this would go
But we vowed to keep a vigil here
To let the old men know

ALICE, DORIS, LUCY & RUZA:
The young are at the gates
The young are at the gates
Open up, the future's here
The young are at the gates

The young are at the gates
The young are at the gates
Tyranny, your time is near
The young are at the gates

ALICE:
At first we feared
We were too few to keep this going

RUZA:
How could such a little army
Go on standing in the cold?

LUCY:
But day by day more women came

DORIS:
From all corners of the country

ALICE:
I could feel a hum of hope
Each time a new one joined the fold

WOMAN 1:
We got nurses from Virginia

WOMAN 2:
College girls from Michigan and Idaho

ALVA:
And we weren't all young, you know?

RUZA:
We got workers from the factory

WOMAN 3:
Teachers from New York

PHYLLIS:
Even Mary Church Terrell
Came through

MARY:
I brought my daughter too

ENSEMBLE:
And what started as a dozen
Turned to hundreds within weeks
Standing there with standing stares
With icy air upon our cheeks
Though not a word was spoken
Our volume only grew
As winter turned to spring
We never left the avenue

The young are at the gates
The young are at the gates
Open up, the future's here
The young are at the gates

The young are at the gates
(The young are at the gates)
The young are at the gates
(The young are at the gates)
Tyranny, your time is here
The young are at the gates

DORIS: (spoken)
April 6th, 1917
Wilson declares war on Germany

LUCY: (spoken)
Alice, we can't do this anymore
If we go out there now,
They might arrest us

ALICE: (spoken)
They might
But Inez died trying to finish this fight
So are we going to give up?
Or are we going to make damn sure
Her sacrifice was worth it?

RUZA:
I won't forget
That muggy April morning

LUCY:
As we took our place
A crowd of scowling men began to form

DORIS:
Ten policemen lurked nearby
Holding billy clubs and smirking

ALICE:
I could feel us start to panic
Like a fast approaching storm

COMPANY:
But then suddenly we felt it
Like a mighty cannon blast
Every cost and battle lost
Of every generation past
So we rose up in defiance
Yes, we chose to risk it all
For our sisters' silent voices
Let the patriarchy fall

The young are at the gates
The young are at the gates
Come and get us if you dare
The young are at the gates

The young are at the gates
And we'll be at the gates
Until you open up your eyes
Until the world will realize
The old way always dies
The young are at the gates



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Suffs the Musical Lyrics

SYNOPSIS
Let Mother Vote
Finish the Fight
Find A Way
Wait My Turn
Terrell’s Theme
The March (We Demand Equality)
Great American Bitch
Ladies
Worth It
If We Were Married
The Convention Part 1
This Girl
The Convention Part 2
Alva Belmont
Show Them Who You Are
The Campaign
How Long?
The Young Are At The Gates
Respectfully Yours, Dudley Malone
Hold It Together
Wait My Turn (reprise)
The Report
Show Them Who You Are (reprise)
Insane
Fire & Tea
Let Mother Vote (reprise)
She and I
A Letter From Harry’s Mother
I Was Here
If We Were Married (reprise)
Lucy’s Song
Finish the Fight (reprise)
Keep Marching