Shifted Yet Again
Throughout time
It has been the man or the woman
ruling the household, raising the children,
bringing the bread home, and braving the world.
Chorus:
Now the roles have shifted yet again.
Now its the woman and not the man.
The woman works.
The woman learns.
She doesn't cook;
She orders out.
Schooling replaces parents,
takes over role of father/mother.
Where is the woman? Where is the man?
Where in this world can I find solace as a woman?
When my sex is made out to be the victim?
What I want to be I must wait for until
That Mr. Darcy of mine is mine.
Chorus
Now the roles have shifted yet again.
Now its the woman and not the man.
The woman works.
The woman stands alone.
She doesn't cook;
She orders out.
Wifedom and motherhood
tossed out with the man.
Is it me or has man become the victim now?
When before he was our tyrant?
So are we the tyrant now?
In our quest to be equal are we still unequal?
Chorus:
Now the roles have shifted yet again.
Now its the woman and not the man.
The woman works.
The woman stands alone.
She doesn't cook;
she orders out.
Wifedom and motherhood
tossed out with the man.
The woman claims she can be
A mother without the man nearby,
but she did, with a man's, she did
become with the innocent baby.
Chorus:
Now the roles have shifted yet again.
Now its the woman not the man.
The woman works
The woman stands alone.
She doesn't cook;
She orders out.
Wifedom and motherhood
tossed out with the man.
In this world of Amazons
I still hope for love,
Not fleeting rings but
Heartstrings united forever.
Chorus:
But the roles have shifted yet again
But I don't want to be a solitary woman
Alone in the world
Feigning happiness.
I want to cook
See the type of men I read about.
I want to be a wife and mother
Brought only by that right man.
Where is the woman?
And where is the man?
They are hidden deep
down inside hearts
like the tree of life
within Eden waiting to be found.
Where is the woman
and where is the man?
They wait to be nurtured
within the hearts of you me.
The girl into a woman
and the boy into a man.
It has been the man or the woman
ruling the household, raising the children,
bringing the bread home, and braving the world.
Chorus:
Now the roles have shifted yet again.
Now its the woman and not the man.
The woman works.
The woman learns.
She doesn't cook;
She orders out.
Schooling replaces parents,
takes over role of father/mother.
Where is the woman? Where is the man?
Where in this world can I find solace as a woman?
When my sex is made out to be the victim?
What I want to be I must wait for until
That Mr. Darcy of mine is mine.
Chorus
Now the roles have shifted yet again.
Now its the woman and not the man.
The woman works.
The woman stands alone.
She doesn't cook;
She orders out.
Wifedom and motherhood
tossed out with the man.
Is it me or has man become the victim now?
When before he was our tyrant?
So are we the tyrant now?
In our quest to be equal are we still unequal?
Chorus:
Now the roles have shifted yet again.
Now its the woman and not the man.
The woman works.
The woman stands alone.
She doesn't cook;
she orders out.
Wifedom and motherhood
tossed out with the man.
The woman claims she can be
A mother without the man nearby,
but she did, with a man's, she did
become with the innocent baby.
Chorus:
Now the roles have shifted yet again.
Now its the woman not the man.
The woman works
The woman stands alone.
She doesn't cook;
She orders out.
Wifedom and motherhood
tossed out with the man.
In this world of Amazons
I still hope for love,
Not fleeting rings but
Heartstrings united forever.
Chorus:
But the roles have shifted yet again
But I don't want to be a solitary woman
Alone in the world
Feigning happiness.
I want to cook
See the type of men I read about.
I want to be a wife and mother
Brought only by that right man.
Where is the woman?
And where is the man?
They are hidden deep
down inside hearts
like the tree of life
within Eden waiting to be found.
Where is the woman
and where is the man?
They wait to be nurtured
within the hearts of you me.
The girl into a woman
and the boy into a man.