Abigail Barlow

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If I Were a Man

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If I Were a Man

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I guess I have to be a lady

Smiling and waving

Constantly obeying

I guess I need a prince

To come and save me

Even if I don't need saving

I guess I must sit on a throne I don't own

Raising the babies we made all alone

I guess as a lady, there's just some things I'll never know

But if I were a man

I'd go to Japan

Maybe swim in the Seine

And learn to speak French

I'd have the whole world in the palm of my hand

I'd finally do what I could, but I can't

If I were a man

Eloise, I must tell you something

Tell me

I've learned to know of a woman who's come to be with child

Is it a lady or a maid?

It's a maid

Oh, I didn't know any of your maids were married

She's not married

She's not married?

How does a woman come to be with child if she's not married?

I don't know

We need to find out, so it doesn't happen to us!

I guess I have to go to banquets

Banquets make me anxious

Acting rather shameless

I guess I need a gown

Down past my ankles

Doing up my hair in tangles

I guess I have to sit still and look pretty

Dance till I'm proper dizzy

Throw away the life that I've been missing

But if I were a man

I'd summer in Cannes

Maybe play in the sand

And wear my own pants

I'd have the whole world in the palm of my hand

I'd finally fly far away from the nest

If I were a man

There'll be no ladies and lords

Just the world to explore

And I don't care if it's all blood and gore

No extravagant balls or gentlemen calls

And I don't give a rat if he's handsome and tall

I don't want to settle and squawk

Or never leave unless for a delicate walk

Whoa, whoa, whoa

What if I, what if I want to fly?

'Cause if I were a man

I'd go to Bhutan

Maybe play in the sand

And learn to speak French

I'd have the whole world in the palm of my hand

I'd finally do what I could, but I can't

If I were a man

If I were a man

I'd have the whole world in the palm of my hand

I'd finally do what I could, but I can't

If I were a man

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