What a Bastard The World Is

<br>Early in the morning I feel my pillow,<br><br>I listen to the soundless phone.<br><br><br><br>My thighs are sweaty, freezing inside,<br><br>Our beds empty as ever.<br><br><br><br>What a bastard you are,<br><br>Leaving me all night missing you.<br><br><br><br>Slowly the door opens, you stand for a while,<br><br>See if Im asleep or just closing my eyes.<br><br><br><br>I quickly get up and throw my pillows,<br><br>Throw an ashtray filled with butts.<br><br><br><br>Where were you all night if I may ask you so? <br><br>Though I dont care at all, Id just like to know.<br><br><br><br>Right! you werent near the phone to call me from,<br><br>Or is it you were afraid to wake me up? <br><br>Im sick and tired of listening to the same old crap.<br><br><br><br>You know half the world is occupied with you pigs,<br><br>I can always get another pig like you.<br><br>Youve heard of female liberation, well, thats for me,<br><br>Youll see me walk out one day and then where will you be? <br><br><br><br>But dont you be too happy,<br><br>I aint walking out yet to give you satisfaction,<br><br>Im first gonna find something other than the walls<br><br>To have some human conversation.<br><br><br><br>Then Ill glow, Ill be happy inside, my limbs will relax.<br><br>And I can walk out into the world, singing with my people.<br><br><br><br>But now I couldnt even move my muscles to go near the door,<br><br>Ive been sitting here too long and my legs are numb.<br><br><br><br>Are you listening, you jerk, you pig, you bastard,<br><br>You scum of the earth, you good for nothing? <br><br><br><br>Are you listening? <br><br><br><br>Oh, dont go, dont go, please, dont go,<br><br>I didnt mean it, Im just in pain.<br><br><br><br>Im sorry, Im sorry.<br><br><br><br>The door is closed, shes left alone,<br><br>Making herself a breakfast.<br><br>Her hands are shaking, her eyes looking out,<br><br>Watching the trees grow day by day.<br><br><br><br>What a bastard the world is,<br><br>Taking my man away from me,<br><br>Taking the world away from me.<br><br><br><br>Female lib is nice for joan of arc,<br><br>But its a long, long way for terry and jill.<br><br><br><br>Most of us were taught not to shout our will,<br><br>Few of us are encouraged to get a job for skill.<br><br>And all of us live under the mercy of male society,<br><br>Thinking that their want is our need.