"Sisters (Are Doing It For Themselves)" lyrics
(live)
(originally by Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin)
Now there was a time when we used to say
That behind every great man there has to be a great woman
Well, in these times of change
We know that it is no longer true
So we're coming out of the kitchen
'Cause there's something we forgot to say to you
And that sisters are doing it for themselves
Standing on their own two feet
And ringing on their own bells
Sisters are doing it for themselves
Now this is a song to celebrate
The conscious liberation of the female state
Mothers, daughters, hand me daughters, say we will
Woman to woman, we're singing with you
Now the inferior sex has got a new hysteria, yeah
We've got doctors, lawyers, politicians too
Oh yeah, everybody take a look around
Can you see, can you see, can you see
There's a woman right next to you?
Sisters are doing it for themselves
Standing on their own two feet
And ringing on their own bells
Sisters are doing it for themselves
We ain't making stories
No, we ain't making plans
Don't you know that a man still loves a woman
And a woman still loves a man
Now there was a time when we used to say
That behind every great man there has to be a great woman
Well, in these times of change
We know that it is no longer true
So we're coming out of the kitchen
'Cause there's something we forgot to say to you
And that sisters are doing it for themselves
Standing on their own two feet
And ringing on their own bells
Sisters are doing it for themselves
Sisters are doing it for themselves
Doing it, doing it, doing it to me
Sisters are doing it for themselves
All of my sisters, all of my sisters
Sisters are doing it for themselves
That behind every great man there has to be a great woman
Well, in these times of change
We know that it is no longer true
So we're coming out of the kitchen
'Cause there's something we forgot to say to you
And that sisters are doing it for themselves
Standing on their own two feet
And ringing on their own bells
Sisters are doing it for themselves
Now this is a song to celebrate
The conscious liberation of the female state
Mothers, daughters, hand me daughters, say we will
Woman to woman, we're singing with you
Now the inferior sex has got a new hysteria, yeah
We've got doctors, lawyers, politicians too
Oh yeah, everybody take a look around
Can you see, can you see, can you see
There's a woman right next to you?
Sisters are doing it for themselves
Standing on their own two feet
And ringing on their own bells
Sisters are doing it for themselves
We ain't making stories
No, we ain't making plans
Don't you know that a man still loves a woman
And a woman still loves a man
Now there was a time when we used to say
That behind every great man there has to be a great woman
Well, in these times of change
We know that it is no longer true
So we're coming out of the kitchen
'Cause there's something we forgot to say to you
And that sisters are doing it for themselves
Standing on their own two feet
And ringing on their own bells
Sisters are doing it for themselves
Sisters are doing it for themselves
Doing it, doing it, doing it to me
Sisters are doing it for themselves
All of my sisters, all of my sisters
Sisters are doing it for themselves
