Ain’t That Just Like a Woman Lyrics
There was Adam, happy as a man could be
'Til Eve got him messin' with that ol' apple tree
Ain't that just like a woman?
Ain't that just like a woman?
Yes, that's just like a woman
They'll do it every time
Lot took his wife down to the corner store for a malted
She wouldn't mind her business, boy, did she get salted
Ain't that just like a woman?
Ain't that just like a woman?
Yes, that's just like a woman
They'll do it every time
Samson thought Delilah was on the square
'Til one night she clipped him for all his hair
Ain't that just like a woman?
Yes, that's just like a woman
Ain't that just like a woman?
They'll do it every time (Sure will)
Hey, from our history books, we have learned
That Nero fiddled while Rome was burning
Ain't that just like a woman?
Ain't that just like a woman?
Yes, that's just like a woman
They'll do it every time
'Til Eve got him messin' with that ol' apple tree
Ain't that just like a woman?
Ain't that just like a woman?
Yes, that's just like a woman
They'll do it every time
Lot took his wife down to the corner store for a malted
She wouldn't mind her business, boy, did she get salted
Ain't that just like a woman?
Ain't that just like a woman?
Yes, that's just like a woman
They'll do it every time
Samson thought Delilah was on the square
'Til one night she clipped him for all his hair
Ain't that just like a woman?
Yes, that's just like a woman
Ain't that just like a woman?
They'll do it every time (Sure will)
Hey, from our history books, we have learned
That Nero fiddled while Rome was burning
Ain't that just like a woman?
Ain't that just like a woman?
Yes, that's just like a woman
They'll do it every time
Marie Antoinette met them hungry cats at the gate
They were crying for bread, she said, "Let them eat cake"
Ain't that just like a woman?
Ain't that just like a woman?
Yes, that's just like a woman
They'll do it every time
You buy a woman clothes and give her money on the side
No matter what you do, she's never satisfied
Ain't that just like a woman
Ain't that just like a woman
Yes, that's just like a woman
They'll do it every time
They were crying for bread, she said, "Let them eat cake"
Ain't that just like a woman?
Ain't that just like a woman?
Yes, that's just like a woman
They'll do it every time
You buy a woman clothes and give her money on the side
No matter what you do, she's never satisfied
Ain't that just like a woman
Ain't that just like a woman
Yes, that's just like a woman
They'll do it every time
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Genius Annotation
Louis Jordan bemoans the purported tendency of women to corrupt men and undertake morally questionable actions and decisions in this jazz tune; most of the claims are Biblical references, with two history “facts” thrown in, as well.
This is a relic of 40s America that would not withstand the progressions in the feminist movement that have taken place today.
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1946
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