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Women In Charge Up Escalator [Bonus Track]

You might believe that you're running the world,
But you're running the risk of being just another girl
lashing out viciously at the competition
It's just an admission
a nervous condition
It's more than a push it's a barge.

Everyone's judged by the names in their address books
And how many black looks they'll pull in return.
After the show, when resistance is low,
There's an act that you go through
that wins you an oscar
the boys gullibility's large
Oh, oh, oh, oh,
Ain't we lucky now we got thee
Women in charge.

Love or affliction, we don't know the difference
The temptation's only to own someone's soul.
All of us here seem to need some assistance
Behind every good man
is some womans soft hand
making the right things enlarge
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Ain't we lucky now we got thee
Women in charge.

Watch all the macho stuff go out the window
Even the big shots get down on their knees
Feel all the flack when you find what she's doin'
behind your back, then you have to say please.
Can't seem to exercise those double standards
But she's hip to them, sees right through them
Boy, it's going to get worse. Worse. Worse. Worse.

I don't need your advice, stick to the needlework,
Push all the pins through your mouth for a change.
Just tried to walk but I needed a wheelchair.
The phone bills were massive
and while I lay passive
My whole life had just been arranged
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Ain't we lucky now we got thee
Women in charge.

Thanks to Don Henson for the words.

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