Malvina Reynolds — We Dont Need the Men

It says in Coronet Magazine June nineteen-fifty six, page ten That married women are not as happy As women who have no men Married women are cranky Frustrated and disgusted While single women are bright and gay Creative and well adjusted We don't need the men We don't need the men We don't need to have them round Except for now and then They can come to see us When we need to move the piano Otherwise they can stay at home And read about the White Sox We don't care about them We can do without them They'll look cute in a bathing suit On a billboard in Manhattan We don't need the men We don't need the men We don't need to have them round Except for now and then They can come to see us When they have tickets for the symphony Otherwise they can stay at home And play a game of pinochle We don't care about them We can do without them They'll look cute in a bathing suit On a billboard in Wisconsin We don't need the men We don't need the men We don't need to have them round Except for now and then The can come to see us When they're feeling pleasant and agreeable Otherwise they can stay at home And holler at the TV programs We don't care about them We can do without them They'll look cute in a bathing suit On a billboard in Madagascar We don't need the men We don't need the men We don't need to have them round Except for now and then They can come to see us When they're all dressed up with a suit on Otherwise they can stay at home [Spoken]: And drop towels in their own bathroom We don't care about them We can do without them They'll look cute in a bathing suit On a billboard in Tierra del Fuego