{"id":196,"date":"2006-03-27T01:30:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-27T01:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/?p=196"},"modified":"2015-11-01T13:59:54","modified_gmt":"2015-11-01T21:59:54","slug":"battle-of-the-sexes-explainer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/2006\/03\/27\/battle-of-the-sexes-explainer\/","title":{"rendered":"Battle of the Sexes Explainer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Men<\/p>\n

S<\/span>ometimes a suddenly evident truth just reaches out, knocks you over the head and drags you to its cave.<\/p>\n

You know, something you’ve really always known<\/span>.<\/p>\n

It was an August night in 1990 and my next door neighbor and I were sitting in her kitchen, which opened on my backyard, talking, as we often did, since we’d known each other for years, about our friends and about life in general.<\/p>\n

Most of our mutual friends were then in their 20s or 30s, many of them musicians or other artists, and there was plenty of turmoil, of all varieties, not the least of it romantic and\/or sexual.<\/p>\n

I’ve forgotten what exactly, what scandal, what dilemna, what intricate arrangement, we were talking about, but I remember a few moments of silence, standing up, and saying, “Well… men are stupid. Women are crazy. It’s a system. It’s the way it’s always been… ”<\/p>\n

[reprinted from the posting of an earlier version of this song, which was such a rotten version it shall not be mentioned again]<\/span><\/p>\n\n

MEN ARE STILL STUPID <\/span><\/p>\n

When I was just a little bitty boy
\nsitting on my pappy’s knee
\nhe said hey TK listen to my story
\ntake the word from me
\ndont let a girl get you in trouble
\nspend all your money make you see double
\ntake this tip from your dad
\ndon’t fooled and dont get had<\/p>\n

I said hey dad huh dont worry so bad
\ntimes have changed and that stuff’s in the past
\nand then he rolled his eyes and he slapped his thigh
\nand he fell over laughing as he grabbed his sides
\ntimes ain’t changed since the early days
\nmen are still stupid and women are still crazy<\/p>\n

When I was older growing up
\nnot quite a man but not still a pup
\nI asked my mama for some love advice
\nand she put down her slide rule and she picked up some dice
\nshe rolled a seven then he rolled 2 ones
\nshe said snakeyes sonny youre just like everyone (because)
\ntimes aint changed since the early days
\nmen are still stupid and women are still crazy<\/p>\n

Now Caesar he told Cleopatra
\nI know baby just what youre after
\nyou think your loves gonna wear me down
\nshe said julie baby ya got it turned around
\nYou think my loves some palace plot
\nbut I dont even know what I want
\ncause times aint change since the very first day
\nmen are still stupid anw women are crazy<\/p>\n

1990-08-02
\n(C)2006, TK Major<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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