Name: Explain To Me
Duration: P00H03M24S
Description: This is what happens when I read all this horrible ignorant anti-woman news and instead of destroying the nearest piece of upholstery, pick up my lavender ukulele and write a song.

Explain To Me

from Bits and Baubles by Pam Shaffer

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This is what happens when I read all this horrible ignorant anti-woman news and instead of destroying the nearest piece of upholstery, pick up my lavender ukulele and write a song.

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You think that my body has magical powers
to defeat mean little sperms,
to make conception sour.
Well I have biology on my side my friend;
I don't think my uterus has powers you'd like to pretend.

So please explain to me, you powerful man.
Please mansplain to me again,
I'd love that 'til the very end.

This week has brought so many men out of the woodwork
who see basic scientific facts as something they can shirk,
Use religion and great fear to regulate my body.
Well I'm here to tell you that your reasoning is shoddy.

So please explain to me, you powerful man.
Please mansplain to me again,
I'd love that 'til the very end.

While we're at it let's pretend that the world is flat.
There's only four humours and that is that.
Fire is a mystery that we'll never solve.
The world never changes and nothing evolves.

So please explain to me, you powerful man.
Please mansplain to me again,
I'd love that 'til the very end.

If you think this song means that I hate all men
I have several boyfriends with you who would contend.
Ladies who follow this ridiculous path
you betray humanity so suffer my uke wrath.

So please explain to me, you powerful man.
Please mansplain to me again,
I'd love that 'til the very end.

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from Bits and Baubles, released November 11, 2011

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Pam Shaffer Los Angeles

Pam is a singer of lullabies sprung from a sunken pirate ship, a pixie with a haunting voice, nimble fingers, and a killer shoe collection.

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