if i had a girl

Nerina Pallot

I m a rock, I m an island: I need no one to love me
At the end of the world, there ll be no man above me
I work the live long day, to do things my way
But if I had a girl, I would tell her this

Oh yeah, no means no
but your skirt comes into question
That you ask for it, will be the whore s suggestion
You ll work the live long day, to take home half the pay
So if I had a girl, I would tell her this

You gotta be bolder, better, harder, faster
Don t take no shit off no lord, no master
Don t listen when they see how far you ve gone
Cos you got to work and you raise the babies
And you work some more, now listen ladies
If you think we re done, we ve only just begun

Well you go to school and they tell you that you re equal
But in the big wide world that just means half the people
And one thing you don t see
there ain t no dicks on page three
So if you have a girl, please remind her this

You gotta be bolder, better, harder, faster
Don t take no shit off no lord, no master
Don t listen when they see how far you ve gone
Cos you got to work and you raise the babies
And you work some more, now listen ladies
If you think we re done, we ve only just begun
If you think we re done, we ve only just begun
And if you think we re done, we ve only just begun

We ve only got started
We ve only got started
We ve only got started
So far to go
So far to go

And if I wear my skirt short
don t mean I don t have a brain
And if cover myself from head to toe
don t mean that I m in chains
I don t have to hate men, to know that life ain t fair
Now I see how far we ve got to go
but I know, I know, I know... I will get there