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Thread #25025   Message #293424
Posted By: Lox
08-Sep-00 - 11:06 AM
Thread Name: feminist perspective on folk songs
Subject: Lyr Add: DAMN, I WISH I WAS A MAN^^
Go on Michael, row, row, harder, faster, harder, faster...

Hold on sister, trim your sails, we're nearly there...puff...pant...

As you can see, it's really a song about incest.

In the meantime, here's Cindy Lee Berryhills song. Enjoy:

"Damn, I wish I was a man" by Cindy Lee Berryhill (1987 Rhino Records)

Damn, I wish I was a man
Like heroes in books, I'd go travellin
Lord, If I was a man
I could take a box car out if I wanted

Damn, I wish I was a man
I'd play the field for nothing but fun
Lord, If I was a man
They'd say "she's gone bad"
And I'd have a good reputation

Damn, I wish I was a man
I'd be a southern California highschool freshman
Lord, if I was a man
I'd call guys wimps by calling them a woman

Damn I wish I was a man
I'd look naturally important at my office desk
Lord, if I was a man
They'd never mistake me for a receptionist

Damn, I wish I was a man
I'd be sexy with a belly like Jack Nicholson …..(boing)
Lord, if I was a man
I'd say " no fat chicks on the bumper of my Lincoln

This song is sung very tongue in cheek.