Born A Woman
Recorded by Jean Shepard
Written by Martha Sharp
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I was born a woman I'm glad it happened that way
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It makes no difference if you're rich or poor
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Or if you're smart or dumb
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A woman's place in this old world is under some man's thumb
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And if you're born a woman you're born to be hurt
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You're born to be stepped on lied to
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Cheated on and treated like dirt
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If you're born a woman you're born to be hurt
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A woman's lot is to give and give and go on giving
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A woman's got to love and lose and go on living
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Well I was born a woman I didn't have no say
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And when my man finally comes home
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He makes me glad it happened that way
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Because to be his woman no price is too great to pay
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Yes I was born a woman I'm glad it happened that way
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Yes I was born a woman I'm glad it happened that way