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Artist: Nellie McKay
Canonical path: /nellie-mckay/it-s-a-pose
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It's a Pose
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It's a Pose
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Jimmy, you know my love is true
and Davy, you know I love only you
and Mitchie, you give meaning to every day
and Nathan, hold on I got somethin to say
menfolk they need their women
but women dont need their men
ladies can walk away grinnin
but guys act surprised
I thought I was your man
whyd you leave me baby
well sir heres a maybe
maybe its because we can
what the hell do you mean?
well for instance
you get a one you want twofold
and what else?
youre a fiend, youre tight-fisted
got no moral molars
shrug your shoulders
sell your soul to get your gold
but hey hey hey
that aint nothin to do with you
youre a sensitive Joe Im forgettin
but every woman knows
its a pose, just a pose
Youre preenin in your armchair
and Im steamin at your knee
go on pontificatin like I care
Peter Lorrie, then a story about ACDC
Harvard-educated, frustrated dictator
tyrant with a PhD
what the hell do you mean?
well for instance
you have started every war
and what else?
youre obscene, a coincidence
get your pornos from Time Warner
who is fornicatin foreign shores
but hey hey hey
that aint nothin to do with you
youre a sensitive Joe, Im forgettin
but every woman knows
its a pose, just a pose
Sammy, oh let me put away the kettle
oh no honey
your arrogance is what makes you special
and Manny, of course
when you leave you are missed
fellas cant you see Im pissed
tryin to enjoy my readin
but you insist on interpretin text
oh go on fuck off Im pleadin
every sentence is a pretext for sex sex sex sex
god you went to Oxford
head still in your boxers
but youre male so what should
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