Hello you straight-laced lady,
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dressed in white but your shoes aren't clean.
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Painted them up with polish
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in the hope we can't see where you've been.
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The smiling face that you've worn
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to greet me rising at morning --
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sent me out to work for my score.
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Please me and say what it's for.
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Give me the straight-laced promise
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and not the pathetic lie.
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Tie me down with your ribbons
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and sulk when I ask you why.
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Your Sunday paper voice cries
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demanding truths I deny.
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The bitter-sweet kiss you pretended
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is offered, our affair mended.
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Sossity: You're a woman.
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Society: You're a woman.
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All of the tears you're wasting
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are for yourself and not for me.
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It's sad to know you're aging
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Sadder still to admit I'm free.
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Your immature physical toy has grown,
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too young to enjoy at last your straight-laced agreement:
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woman, you were too old for me.
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Sossity: You're a woman.
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Society: You're a woman.
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Sossity: You're A Woman
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Jethro Tull |