Ex Wife - How to Be a Woman Lyrics

Living life as a female animal
All kitted out but without a manual
Playing a game of 'let's pretend'
A woman in a world of men
(The challenges of how to be a woman)

Should I shave my legs?
Should I check my breasts?
Should I take the pills?
Should I seek the thrills?
(The choices of how to be a woman)

Should I cross my legs?
Should I ditch the dress?
Should I look around?
Should I settle down?
(The judgment in how to be a woman)

What's the priority? Checked the dictionary, a higher authority
Discovered 'shero' and 'womanity'
The classics? The seminal works weren't age appropriate
And the wife just hung up on me
Tried to google it, did on-line quizzes, saw countless memes
I searched through the pages of women's magazines
(All examples of how to be a woman)

Is it what I am?
Or is it what I'm not?
Can it be granted?
Can it be bought?
(The mysteries of how to be a woman)

Is it how I think?
Is it what I do?
Is it what I seek?
Is it what I choose?
(The riddle of how to be a woman)

Lopping off my cock is surely not enough
I'm more than the sum of my body parts

So I rushed it?
Like I was nipping out to get my hair cut
Walked straight in then straight back out
So what?

Looking out the window
When I should be looking in the mirror
When I look in the mirror, what do I see?
Stop staring in the mirror
Close my eyes and look inside
Find the person I really am
I'm no cheap, passing whim
Found at the bottom of the bargain bin

It's more than chemical
It's more than aesthetic
It's more than a word
Something less pathetic
(The truth of how to be a woman)

You've got to stop the pretence and get off the fence
But which way do I fall?

Ssshhh, let the silence settle, listen to yourself

C'est comme ca
Je vais profitez l'instant
Je vais etre une femme,
Je suis une femme
Elle est belle, elle est forte
Il est triste, il est mort
On s'en content, nous sommes l'avenir