If I Were a Woman
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Well, I think you should know I'm not planning to change just
Because all the customs I happen to follow are customs you're
Too high and mighty to swallow. I'm happy to be what I am and
To live as I do, and so why in the world would I listen to you?
Don't listen to me. Stay in the kitchen all your life. Do
Just what your husband tells you. But if I lived here...
(Sung)
And I were a woman
And I had a brain
I'd wanna do something to keep it
From vanishing down the drain
If I were a woman
I'd wanna know why
I had to take orders
From men not a quarter
As smart as I
If I were a woman
I'd run for my life
From each medieval restriction
To keep from becoming
A prearranged wife
A sacrificed lamb
In a prearranged stew
A life full of prearranged friction
I'd waive every custom
And shatter a few
If I were a woman with brains
If I were a woman with wit
If I were a woman as bright as you
We have had highly intelligent sages
Whose wisdom has guided us all through the ages
Year out and year in
And through thick and through thin
And since this is the case
Then I certainly think
I'm entitled to ask
Who are you to belittle our ways?
Our ways are changing. Everywhere but here
(Sung)
Why shouldn't a woman
Do better today
Than scrubbing and sweeping
And eating and sleeping
Her life away?
If my brain were able
To generate smarts
I'd use it for something
Besides the creation
Of smart remarks
If I were a woman
In this day and age
I know I would find myself yearning
For some way to get myself
Out of this cage
Of not enough learning
And not enough scope
And nothing much better to hope for
I'd cause a commotion
Yes, that's what I'd do
If I were a woman with brains
If I had a brain of my own
If I were a woman with wit
If I were a woman with wit
If I were a woman as bright as you
I wouldn't pass it on