WOMEN'S LIBERATION BLUES

By Vera Johnson

Mama said you got to cook and sew
Cause you're a woman
Scrub the floors and knead the biscuit dough
Cause you're a woman
Making biscuit's what you have to know
Cause you're a woman

Teacher said it's office work for you
Cause you're a woman
You will type and take dictation too
Cause you're a woman
Always see things from the boss's view
Cause you're a woman

I had status and a salary
I was a woman
I scorned the sweeper in the factory
I was a woman
But he was making twice as much as me
I was a woman

Then I married and the babies came
I was a woman
So I stayed at home and played the housework game
I was a woman
And then I started thinking what a dirty shame
I was a woman

They had put me in a pigeon hole
I was a woman
Just a doll without a mind or soul
I was a woman
Cast that doll in a supporting role
I was a woman

They said I was made from Adam's rib
Cause I'm a woman
That I was built to rock a baby's crib
Cause I'm a woman
Guess I'll go and fight for Women's Lib
Cause I'm a woman