Video: Seneca Army Depot, August 1, 1983 - Women's Video Collective
Music: Peace Camp Sings, Helen and Hershe - Produced by Sorrel Hays and Marilyn Ries, 1987
SMASH THE SYSTEM
from Greenham, recorded by the Average Dyke Band
When I was a little girl my mother told me, "It's a man's world.
You gotta try hard for an education 'cuz that will improve your situation."
But mom was wrong and now I see, I've got to fight to set me free.
Smash the system, smash the state!
Why do we all sit and wait for someone else to do it when we could be free by now?
You close your eyes, you close your mind to things you think are a waste of time
It's easier just not to notice
You don't have to stand up and making a fucking protest!
Smash the system, smash the state!
Why do we all sit and wait for someone else to do it when we could be free by now?
The men in this world, the men in my life
Have given me nothing but trouble and strife
'Til I got wise and I said, "Just go!"
And the rest is herstory, you know
'Cuz now I'm a dyke and the strength I feel is the power to make these changes real.
Smash the system, smash the state!
Why do we all sit and wait for someone else to do it
When we could be free by now?
