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You, with the ribbons in your hair:
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Recall when there were flowers there?
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Before the Men in Power saw red
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and turned yours into a scapegoat's head?
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They said your pursuit of liberty
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had thrown all their boys in poverty
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and "made most you women disobey."
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How could so much change from yesterday?
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And they seated their chiefs, resplendent
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and they gave them the words you wore;
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and they helped make your Sex descendent
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by closing your ev'ry door;
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and if you still felt independent,
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they'd demote you to working poor.
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You were working, but guess who for?
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for the Men in Power.
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Manpower for the Men in Power.
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(Who are the men enshrouded
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holding silent strings round my hands
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that tug to make me blame you
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and twist if I refuse to?)
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You, with the powder on your cheek:
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They've made the facts to keep you weak.
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Their yellow research headlined the rags
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while editors of the fashion mags
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said, "Your freedom's made you discontent"
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except when you'd choose their sponsor's scent.
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And soon household goods would catch your eye
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'til "Surrender!" was your soul's sole reply.
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And they deified hip reduction
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and your roles early on were played;
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they convinced you a liposuction
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was a sure way to make the grade;
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and the press, with their trend construction,
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called you Over-The-Hill Old Maid
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so you'd panic, and wed, afraid,
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for the Men in Power.
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Manpower for the Men in Power.
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(Have we made no progress?
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Has there been no lesson we've learned?
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Are they so frail and fearful
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They need to see you cower?
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If they're disenfranchised
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boys are paid 'til tables are turned.
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These men-in-white's advantage
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is that they own the tower.
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And the fact I'm passive
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makes me all the more concerned!
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Am I too tired and jaded
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to fight the Men in Power?)
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