She Came Along to Me

<br>Ten hundred books could I write you about her<br><br>Because I felt if I could know her<br><br>I would know all women<br><br>And theyve not been any too well known<br><br>For brains and planning and organised thinking<br><br>But Im sure the women are equal<br><br>And they may be ahead of the men<br><br><br><br>Yet I wouldnt spread such a rumor around<br><br>Because one organises the other<br><br>And sometimes the most lost and wasted<br><br>Attract the most balanced and sane<br><br>And the wild and the reckless take up<br><br>With the clocked and the timed<br><br>And the mixture is all of us<br><br>And were still mixing<br><br><br><br>But never, never, never,<br><br>Never could have it been done<br><br>If the women hadnt entered into the deal<br><br>Like she came along to me<br><br><br><br>And all creeds and kinds and colors<br><br>Of us are blending<br><br>Till I suppose ten million years from now<br><br>Well all be just alike<br><br>Same color, same size, working together<br><br>And maybe well have all of the fascists<br><br>Out of the way by then<br><br>Maybe so.<br><br><br><br>Words: woody guthrie 1942 - music: bragg/tweedy/bennett