Difference between revisions of "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves"
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:We're comin' out in the kitchen, | :We're comin' out in the kitchen, | ||
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:And politicians, too, yeah! | :And politicians, too, yeah! | ||
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:Take a look around! | :Take a look around! | ||
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:'''Lisa, Ann and Nancy Wilson, Patty and Selma''': | :'''Lisa, Ann and Nancy Wilson, Patty and Selma''': | ||
:Sisters are doin' it for themselves. | :Sisters are doin' it for themselves. | ||
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:(''repeat until fade'') | :(''repeat until fade'') | ||
Revision as of 10:19, May 9, 2011
Sisters are Doin' It for Themselves is the second track on The Yellow Album. It is sung by Lisa with help from Ann and Nancy Wilson from the rock band Heart and her Aunt Patty and Aunt Selma. It is a cover of a song originally performed by the Eurythmics.
Lyrics
- Lisa:
- I'm so excited, this is great!
- Now there was a time
- When we used to say-ay
- That behind every man
- There had to be a great woman.
- Ann Wilson:
- Oh, times have changed.
- You know it's no longer true.
- Nancy Wilson:
- We're comin' out in the kitchen,
- 'Cause there's something we forgot to say to you!
- Lisa, Ann and Nancy Wilson:
- Sisters are doin' it for themselves.
- Lisa:
- Oh, yeah!
- Nancy Wilson:
- Standin' on their own two feet
- And ringing on their own bells
- Lisa, Ann and Nancy Wilson:
- Sisters are doin' it for themselves.
- Lisa:
- Now this is a song
- To celebrate...
- Lisa and Nancy Wilson:
- The conscious liberation
- Of the female state.
- Ann Wilson:
- Mama and her daughter,
- And all of their daughters too...
- Lisa and Ann Wilson:
- Woman to woman...
- Ann Wilson:
- We're all singing along with you.
- Lisa, Ann and Nancy Wilson:
- Sisters are doin' it for themselves.
- Lisa:
- Standin' on their own two feet
- And ringing on their own bells
- Lisa, Ann and Nancy Wilson:
- Sisters are doin' it for themselves.
- Nancy Wilson:
- We ain't makin' stories,
- No, we ain't layin' plans,
- A man still loves a woman
- And a woman still loves a man, yeah!
- (guitar solo)
- Lisa:
- This is incredible! Female power!
- Lisa, Ann and Nancy Wilson:
- Sisters are doin' it for themselves.
- Lisa:
- The inferior sex
- Has got a new exterior.
- Ann and Nancy Wilson:
- We got doctors and lawyers...
- Ann Wilson:
- And politicians, too, yeah!
- Hey now, everybody,
- Take a look around!
- Lisa, Ann and Nancy Wilson:
- Can you see, can you see, can you see me?
- Ann Wilson:
There's a woman standin' right next to you!
- Lisa, Ann and Nancy Wilson:
- Sisters are doin' it for themselves.
- Standin' on their own two feet
- And ringing on their own bells
- Lisa:
- Aunt Patty, Aunt Selma, come sing!
- Lisa, Ann and Nancy Wilson, Patty and Selma:
- Sisters are doin' it for themselves.
- Nancy Wilson:
- Yeah!
- Lisa, Ann and Nancy Wilson, Patty and Selma:
- Standin' on their own two feet
- And ringing on their own bells
- Patty and Selma:
- 'Oh yeah!
- Lisa, Ann and Nancy Wilson, Patty and Selma:
- Sisters are doin' it for themselves.
- Ann Wilson:
- Ooh! Ooh! Yeah!
- Lisa, Ann and Nancy Wilson, Patty and Selma:
- Sisters are doin' it for themselves.
- Patty and Selma:
- Yeah! Yeah!
- Lisa, Ann and Nancy Wilson, Patty and Selma:
- Sisters are doin' it for themselves.
- Nancy Wilson:
- "'Do it by myself!"'
- (repeat until fade)
