Womens Studies
Lloyd Cole
Intro: x 2 verse 1 () I’m drinking tea and taking unpaid leave from my women’s studies uh huh () Out here in the meadow with the people’s history of America () I smoke a pipe for Johnny 99 Bi-partisan Con-sensus () Keeping it dry nothing flighty on orders from my therapist We were young and we were stupid It was fine while it lasted To com-plete my education I had to wake up in your bathtub All those Monday morning quarters I grew so accustomed to verse 2 () OK I’ve seen enough and made my recommendations my work here is finished () Your powers of re-duction remain strangely undiminished () Yes a-you in your hushed tones and your campus etiquette () If we cannot speak of nothing then nothing should keep her mouth shut We were young and we were stupid It was fine while it lasted Yes I wrote my dissertation On the bar stools of your neighbourhood But the bars were filled with lawyers Filing action two by two Through the valley of the women that I am not married to Bridge Oh are these riches here the spoils of my re-treat These rented rooms and batchelor’s de-grees It’s a Penguin Classic scene /Gb Broken spine and faded green Trying to relo-cate my arms around a memory verse 3 () I’m drinking tea and taking unpaid leave from my women’s studies uh huh () Hiding up here in the library with the great wall of China () Now if Josef K was from Edinburgh and Fast Product from Prague () Maybe that could be kinda funny or maybe not funny at all We were young and we were stupid It was fine while it lasted To com-plete my education I had to wake up in your bathtub With the shadows of the women That I am not married to Out x 2
