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Women Around The World At Work Lyrics
In a hundred wars across the earth,
Men and guns are thought to prove their worth,
Women stay behind and grow the food,
Placing soldiers in a dangerous mood.
Women around the world at work,
Working, working...
There's a man who must be sixty-five,
Makes his living running other lives,
Tells them when they can't and when they can,
They're so busy they don't give a damn.
Women around the world at work...
Working, working...
In The Daily X, May '81,
Back-page human interest story runs:
"GIRLS OF TWELVE STILL SOLD FOR LOVE TODAY",
Just so men can have their bloody way.
Women around the world at work...
Men and guns are thought to prove their worth,
Women stay behind and grow the food,
Placing soldiers in a dangerous mood.
Working, working...
Makes his living running other lives,
Tells them when they can't and when they can,
They're so busy they don't give a damn.
Working, working...
Back-page human interest story runs:
"GIRLS OF TWELVE STILL SOLD FOR LOVE TODAY",
Just so men can have their bloody way.
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It's a general comment about the pervasive sexism of the time, and how in many places, women were often seen as only good for having children. We know better now, of course, but some people are just very stubborn and refuse to change ideas no matter how wrong they are.