Now there was a time
When they used to say
That behind every great man
There had to be a great woman
But in these times of change
You know that it’s no longer true
So we’re comin’ out of the kitchen
‘Cause there’s somethin’ we forgot to say to you, we say
Sisters are doin’ it for themselves
Standin’ on their own two feet
And ringin’ on their own bells, we say
Sisters are doin’ it for themselves
Now this is a song
To celebrate
The conscious liberation
Of the female state
Mothers, daughters
And their daughters too
Woman to woman
We’re singin’ with you
The inferior sex, has
Got a new exterior, yeah
We got doctors
Lawyers, politicians too
Everybody take a look around
Can you see, can you see
Can you see there’s a woman
Right next to you, we say
Sisters are doin’ it for themselves
Standin’ on their own two feet
And ringin’ on their own bells
Sisters are doin’ it for themselves
Now we ain’t makin’ stories
Oh, we ain’t layin’ plans
Don’t you know that a man still loves a woman
And a woman still loves a man
Just the same way
Sisters are doin’ it for themselves
There was a time
When they used to say
That behind every great man
There had to be a great woman
But in these times of change
You know that it’s no longer true
So we’re comin’ out of the kitchen
‘Cause there’s somethin’ we forgot to say to you, we say
Sisters are doin’ it for themselves
Standin’ on their own two feet
And ringin’ on their own bells
Sisters are doin’ it for themselves
Sisters are doin’ it for themselves
Sisters are doin’ it, doin’ it, doin’ it
Doin’ it, doin’ it, doin’ it
Sisters are doin’ it for themselves, yeah
Sisters are doin’ it for themselves, yeah
Sisters are doin’ it for themselves
I said, ” Hey, hey, sisters are doin’ it for themselves”
Sisters are doin’ it for themselves
Sisters are doin’ it for themselves
Oh dear, look what you’ve done
You’ve made a mess of me and
I don’t want to clean up
I’m dangerously high
You’ve seemed to quench my appetite
I want to drink you sober
I want to feel you
Oh my, where does the time go
It’s after midnight, our clothes are strewn on the kitchen floor
You’re tasty as a cake
A recipe I long to taint
I want to drink you sober
I want to feel you
Want you to be my lover
Be my lover
Oh no make no mistake
For I am just a cat, dressed up as a hungry snake
A delicate reprieve
A victim to my every need
I want to drink you sober
I want to feel you
Want you to be my lover
Be my lover
Need you to be my lover
Why don’t you be my lover
Be my lover
(Because Don Henley is a greedy jerk, you might not be able to hear the song in the video. Go to the Google Drive for the archive of videos that are blocked in a lot of countries.)
I make my livin’ off the evenin’ news
Just give me somethin’, somethin’ I can use
People love it when you lose
They love dirty laundry
Well, I coulda’ been an actor, but I wound up here
I just have to look good, I don’t have to be clear
Come and whisper in my ear
Give us dirty laundry
Kick ’em when they’re up
Kick ’em when they’re down
Kick ’em when they’re up
Kick ’em when they’re down
Kick ’em when they’re up
Kick ’em when they’re down
Kick ’em when they’re up
Kick ’em all around
We got the bubble-headed bleached-blonde, comes on at five
She can tell you ’bout the plane crash with a gleam in her eye
It’s interesting when people die
Give us dirty laundry
I could listen to you scream
Pretty music to my ears
I could listen to it all day
If you want me to
I could talk about my world
How you brought about ruin
I could talk about your greed
If you want me to
I could look into evil
See a heart just like mine
I could throw away reason
If you want me to
I could walk into darkness
Find the hole you crawled into
I will be the intruder
If you want me to
You can whisper your Lord’s prayer
And pretend that it matters
But don’t you wish you’d just listened more?
You can hide in the shadows
And pretend I won’t find you
But don’t you wish you’d just listened more?
I could listen to more lies
About promises you kept
Will you walk on water
Like you said you would?
I could make you my prisoner
But you were dead man talking
When you burned the oceans
Like you said you would
You can beg for God’s mercy
And pretend that He hears you
But don’t you wish you’d just listened more?
You can drown in your sorrow
And pretend you were helpless
But don’t you wish you’d just listened more?
This was always your one life
I won’t pretend that it matters
But don’t you wish you’d just listened more?
This was always your one home
I won’t pretend that I’ll miss you
But don’t you wish you’d just listened more?
You find yourself alone, sometimes
Without a home, no protection
You don’t know which way to go
You’re lost, no direction
Some kind of magic comes to you
You don’t know how, you don’t know why
But someday, gonna take off, (and) fly (again, this ‘and’ is written there but isn’t actually sung)
My wish would be…
To be free
To be wild
And to be
Just like a child
And if I get lost
I really don’t mind
Cos I’m me
Doing just fine
You’re out in the cold, sometimes
As far as you can see, misty
And you want to run, into the sun
The road is lost, sand shifty
Suddenly, out of the blue
Some kind of magic pushes you through
You don’t know when, how or why
But someday, gonna take off and fly
And if I had a wish, my wish would be…
To be free
To be wild
And to be
Just like a child
And if I get lost
I really don’t mind
Cos I’m me
Doing just fine
Just like a child (Single Edit fades out on this line)
I really don’t mind
Cos I’m free
Doing just fine
All God’s children need travelling shoes
Drive your problems from here
All good people read good books
Now your conscience is clear
I hear you talk girl
Now your conscience is clear
In the morning when I wipe my brow
Wipe the miles away
I like to think I can be so willed
And never do what you say
I’ll never hear you
And never do what you say
Look my eyes are just holograms
Look your love has drawn red from my hands
From my hands you know you’ll never be
More than twist in my sobriety
More than twist in my sobriety
More than twist in my sobriety
We’ve just poked a little empty pie
For the fun that people had at night
Late at night don’t need hostility
The timid smile and pause to free
I don’t care about their different thoughts
Different thoughts are good for me
Up in arms and chaste and whole
All God’s children took their toll
Look my eyes are just holograms
Look your love has drawn red from my hands
From my hands you know you’ll never be
More than twist in my sobriety
More than twist in my sobriety
More than twist in my sobriety
Cup of tea, takes time to think, yeah
Time to risk a life, a life, a life
Sweet and handsome
Soft and porky
You pig out ’til you’ve seen the light
Pig out ’til you’ve seen the light
Half the people read the papers
Read them good and well
Pretty people, nervous people
People have got to sell
News you have to sell
Look my eyes are just holograms
Look your love has drawn red from my hands
From my hands you know you’ll never be
More than twist in my sobriety
More than twist in my sobriety
Look my eyes are just holograms
Look your love has drawn red from my hands
From my hands you know you’ll never be
More than twist in my sobriety
More than twist in my sobriety
More than twist in my sobriety
The sweet smell of a great sorrow lies over the land
Plumes of smoke rise and merge into the leaden sky
A man lies and dreams of green fields and rivers
But awakes to a morning with no reason for waking
He’s haunted by the memory of a lost paradise
In his youth or a dream, he can’t be precise
He’s chained forever to a world that’s departed
It’s not enough, it’s not enough
His blood has frozen and curdled with fright
His knees have trembled and given way in the night
His hand has weakened at the moment of truth
His step has faltered
One world, one soul
Time pass, the river roll
And he talks to the river of lost love and dedication
And silent replies that swirl invitation
Flow dark and troubled to an oily sea
A grim intimation of what is to be
There’s an unceasing wind that blows through this night
And there’s dust in my eyes, that blinds my sight
And silence that speaks so much louder than words
Of promises broken