Peter Gabriel - Shaking The Tree lyrics

Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree

Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree

Waiting your time, dreaming of a better life

Waiting your time, you're more than just a wife

You don't want to do what your mother has done

She has done

This is your life, this new life has begun

It's your day - a woman's day

It's your day - a woman's day

Turning the tide, you are on the incoming wave

Turning the tide, you know you are nobody's slave

[ 1989 version - Find your Brothers and sisters ]

[ 1990 version - Find your sisters and brothers ]

Who can hear all the truth in what you say

They can support you when you're on your way

It's your day - a woman's day

It's your day - a woman's day

Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree

Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree

Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree

[ extra lyrics from 1989 12" remix ]

There's nothing to gain when there's nothing to be lost

There's nothing to gain if you stay behind and count the cost

Make the decision that you can be who you can be

You can be

Tasting the fruit come to the Liberty Tree

It's your day - a woman's day

It's your day - a woman's day

[ end of extra lyrics from 12" remix ]

Changing your ways, changing those surrounding you

Changing your ways, more than any man can do

Open your heart, show him the anger and pain, so you heal

Maybe he's looking for his womanly side, let him feel

You had to be so strong

And you do nothing wrong

Nothing wrong at all

We're gonna to break it down

We have to shake it down

Shake it all around

Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree

Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree

Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree

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