betty said that i would find fulfillment
that's a word that only children say
if i had stayed at home and had the children
i'd still believe in fairy tales today
my boss has a wife and kids and a corner office
my boss has stocks and bonds and cars and me
i have no time no space no love no money
amerika insists that i'm still free
chorus:
i can work for a man
get up! go to work!
i can vote for a man
go home! go to sleep!
i can marry a man
get up! go to work!
i'm free
no more than a man
get up! go to work!
no less than a man
go home! go to sleep!
i am not a man
get up! go to work!
i'm me
mother spent her whole life in a factory
working turned her into a machine
i spend my day hooked up to a computer
silent, still and staring at the screen
i make enough to justify existence
i make enough to keep myself alive
i make a check, i never make a difference
never have the time to ask them why
chorus
© 1997 paula pryce