Nellie McKay - It's A Pose lyrics

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 don't need their men

ladies can walk away grinnin'

but guys act surprised

I thought I was your man

why'd you leave me baby

well sir here's a maybe

maybe it's because we can

“what the hell do you mean?”

well for instance

you get a one you want twofold

“and what else?”

you're a fiend, you're tight-fisted

got no moral molars

shrug your shoulders

sell your soul to get your gold

but hey hey hey

that ain't nothin' to do with you

you're a sensitive Joe I'm forgettin'

but every woman knows

it's a pose, just a pose

You're preenin' in your armchair

and I'm steamin' at your knee

go on pontificatin' like I care

Peter Lorrie, then a story about AC/DC

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?”

you're obscene, a coincidence

get your pornos from Time Warner

who is fornicatin' foreign shores

but hey hey hey

that ain't nothin' to do with you

you're a sensitive Joe, I'm forgettin'

but every woman knows

it's 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 can't you see I'm pissed

tryin' to enjoy my readin'

but you insist on interpretin' text

oh go on fuck off I'm pleadin'

every sentence is a pretext for sex sex sex sex

god you went to Oxford

head still in your boxers

but you're male so what should I expect?

“what the hell do you mean?”

well for instance

you've committed every rape

“and what else?”

I won't heed your insistence

Mr. copulatin' populatin' masturbatin' denigratin'

Birth of a Nation instigatin' violator of my escape

but hey hey hey, that ain't nothin' to do with you

you're a sensitive Joe, I'm forgettin'

but every woman knows

it's a pose, just a pose

heaven knows

the world's your ho

but she's gettin' too old

for your pose

oh, there she goes