Suffs - Respectfully Yours, Dudley Malone Lyrics

2024 Broadway
Suffs the Musical - Respectfully Yours, Dudley Malone Lyrics

The song is written by Shaina Taub.

DUDLEY: (spoken)
Dear Mr. President,
I address you today
In an open letter
In the Washington Post

(singing)
For seven years I have served
You with the most humble affection
And unshadowed devotion
So it is no small sacrifice for me now
To sever our political relationship
But I think it is high time
That men of this generation
At some cost to ourselves
Stood up in support
Of the women of the country

For if men had been peacefully
Demanding our right to vote
For over half a century
If men had been repeatedly ignored
Or met with evasion by Congress
As have the women
You, Mr. President
As a lover of liberty would be the first
To understand and forgive
Their natural impatience
And righteous indignation

I took a vow to defend the Constitution
And I may not be a great man, but
I am a man who uphold his vows
So I hereby resign
To take effect at once!
Or at your earliest convenience
I'd also like to make known
My esteem for the woman
For the women who opened
My eyes to this inequality

Respectfully yours
Dudley Malone

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