Suffs - If We Were Married Lyrics

2024 Broadway
Suffs the Musical - If We Were Married Lyrics

The song is written by Shaina Taub.

DUDLEY:
If we were married,
I’d promise to cherish
You just as a gentleman should

DORIS:
If we were married,
I’d promise to forfeit
My legal autonomy for good

DUDLEY:
If we were married,
We’d buy our own acre of land
For our own little house

DORIS
If we were married,
Our possessions and property
Would solely belong
To the masculine spouse

If we were married

DUDLEY:
If we were married  

DUDLEY & DORIS:
If we were married

DUDLEY:
If we were married,
We’d fill out our family
And life would be simply sublime

DORIS:
If we were married,
I’d churn out your children
‘Cuz contraception’s a federal crime

DUDLEY:
If we were married,
We’d save up a nest egg
To cushion us later in life

DORIS:
If we were married,
My earnings would be in your name
And I couldn’t control
My own spending
Or open a bank account
Or sign a contract
Or hire a lawyer
Because economically speaking,
I’d die by becoming your wife
If we were married

DUDLEY:
If we were married

DORIS & DUDLEY:
If we were married

DORIS:
You’ve got to admire the ease
With which men can squeeze
Us into such a rigid role

DUDLEY: (spoken)
You do?

DORIS:
Daughters are taught
To aspire to a system
Expressly designed
To keep ‘em under control
For instance,
If we were married
And you physically beat me
That wouldn’t be illegal to do

DUDLEY: (spoken)
What?!

DORIS:
Can you believe it is 1916
And all of these
Things are still actually true?

DUDLEY:
I suppose I’ve never stopped
To think about how it would be
For you if we were married

DORIS:
If we were married

DUDLEY & DORIS:
If we were married…

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