Daughter's Day

The official song for Daughter's Day, an inaugural event to be held on September 1, 2012 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada at Churchill Square. The event seeks to raise awareness of human rights abuses against girls and young women locally and around the world, while also highlighting their achievements and encouraging their success. www.daughters-day.com

Lyrics:


Stories of survival
Emerging from the darkness of fear
Begin with our arrival
A lifetime on a road led by tears

And there's lots of joy and lots of pain
Sunshine and wind and rain
Blood flowing through our veins
With the strength and the wisdom of years

Obstacles surmounting
Overcoming them one by one
Towards freedom we are counting
And changes have already begun

When we're writing our own history
Breaking through the mystery
Standing up for all to see
The battles that we've won

So here we stand before you
Daughters of all ages today
Proclaiming something so true
We're ready and willing to say

Stand for love and not for hate
Our rights are not for debate
Join with us -- it's not too late
For we will not go away

And there's so much we can celebrate
Here on Daughter's Day

(c) 2012 Paula E. Kirman

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