[Verse 1]
It's been five years since the man has died
Don't think the people have changed
We can put up posters, we can riot in the street
Still a woman can't make ends meet

[Chorus]
So why don't you do something about it?
Things don't happen to you, you make them happen
She laughed
Said, "You don't understand
From another land
Things here are different
Things here are different"

[Verse 2]
"Here in sunny Spain, the widows all wear black
To show their respect and their sorrow
Here in Spain, so simple is our life
You're either a whore, a mother, or a wife"

[Chorus]
So why don't you do something about it?
Things don't happen to you, you make them happen
She laughed
Said, "You don't understand
You're from another land
Things here are different, different
Things here are different"
[Verse 3]
We've seen your freedom, we hear your TV shows
So simple, so inviting, thought I'd like to know
I'm the talk of the town, I'm the shame of my family
Your wonderful freedom, look where it's got me

[Chorus]
So why don't you do something about it?
Things don't happen to you, you make them happen
She laughed
Said, "You don't understand
You're from another land
Things here are different, different
Things here are different, they're different
Things here are different, they're different
Things here are different, they're different
Things here are different, here they're different
Things here are different, here they're different"