Oh yeah
Oh yeah
Everything, everthing, everything gone be alright
Oh yeah
When I was a little girl
Only twelve years old
Couldn't do nothing to save my dog gone soul
My mama told me the day I was grown
She says "Sing the blues child, Sing it from now on".
I'm a woman, oh yeah
I'm a woman, I'm a ball of fire
I'm a woman, I can make love to a crocodile
I'm a woman, I can sing the blues
I'm a woman, I can change old to new
Spell W.O.M.A.N.
Oh yeah
That means I'm grown
I'm a woman, I'm a rushing wind
I'm a woman, I can cut stone with a pin
I'm a woman, I'm a love maker
I'm a woman, you know I'm an earth shaker
I'm a woman, I'm a rushing wind
I'm a woman, I can cut stone with a pin
I'm a woman, I know my stuff
I'm a woman, I ain't never had enough
I'm going down yonder, behind the sun
I'm gonna do something for you, that ain't never been done
I'm gonna hold back the lightning, with the palm of my hand
Shake hands with the devil, make him crawl in the sand
I'm a woman, oh yeah
I'm a woman, I'm a ball of fire
I'm a woman, I can make love to a crocodile
I'm a woman, I'm a love maker
I'm a woman, you know I'm an earth shaker
Oh oh oh I'm a woman
Oh yeah
Everything, everthing, everything gone be alright
Oh yeah
When I was a little girl
Only twelve years old
Couldn't do nothing to save my dog gone soul
My mama told me the day I was grown
She says "Sing the blues child, Sing it from now on".
I'm a woman, oh yeah
I'm a woman, I'm a ball of fire
I'm a woman, I can make love to a crocodile
I'm a woman, I can sing the blues
I'm a woman, I can change old to new
Spell W.O.M.A.N.
Oh yeah
That means I'm grown
I'm a woman, I'm a rushing wind
I'm a woman, I can cut stone with a pin
I'm a woman, I'm a love maker
I'm a woman, you know I'm an earth shaker
I'm a woman, I'm a rushing wind
I'm a woman, I can cut stone with a pin
I'm a woman, I know my stuff
I'm a woman, I ain't never had enough
I'm going down yonder, behind the sun
I'm gonna do something for you, that ain't never been done
I'm gonna hold back the lightning, with the palm of my hand
Shake hands with the devil, make him crawl in the sand
I'm a woman, oh yeah
I'm a woman, I'm a ball of fire
I'm a woman, I can make love to a crocodile
I'm a woman, I'm a love maker
I'm a woman, you know I'm an earth shaker
Oh oh oh I'm a woman
inviata da Bernart Bartleby - 14/3/2016 - 21:32
Aggiungo che all'epoca non erano solo i maschi a scrivere canzoni maschiliste ma anche alcune interpreti femminili si prestavano all'operazione, come nel caso di "I'm a Woman" un blues scritto nel 1962 dal mitico duo Jerry Leiber e Mike Stoller e divenuta l'anno successivo uno dei cavalli di battaglia della bianchissima Peggy Lee...
Bernart Bartleby - 14/3/2016 - 21:47
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Parole di Cora Walton, in arte Koko Taylor (1928-2009), grande blues singer di Chicago, figlia di un bracciante del Tennessee.
Sulla melodia di “I’m a Man”, composta nel 1955 da Ellas Otha Bates, in arte Bo Diddley (1928-2008), detto “The Originator”, perchè trait d'union tra blues e rock and roll.
Nel disco di Koko Taylor intitolato “The Earthshaker”
La risposta femminista al pur immortale brano di Bo Diddley e ad altri pezzi piuttosto sessisti dell’epoca, come "It's a Man's Man's Man's World", altrettanto famosa canzone composta nel 1966 da James Brown, “The Godfather of Soul”...