Wisdom in the Classics
good without one politica
Story behind the song
Aristophanes; about three minutes and forty seconds
Lyrics
Verse 1:
If the Battle of the Sexes
Was a War Between the Nations,
The women used the weapons
That were hidden by their aprons,
No bombs could be dropped,
No guns could be shot.
No bombs could be dropped,
No guns could be shot.
CHORUS
Twenty-four hundred years;
These things take time,
Twenty-four hundred years;
Time to unwind:
Ly-Ly-Lysistrata
Men that fight, you give them nada.
Never give it up;
Don’t ever give it up.
VERSE 2:
Wear a belt of chastity;
They’re in the right position.
Get their men to loosen up
Their belts of ammunition.
No Tanks could be built,
No kids could be kilt.’
No Tanks could be built,
No kids could be kilt.’
CHORUS
VERSE 3:
If every single General
That ever had a wife
Got sick enough of hearing:
“Darling, not tonight,”
No case could be made,
No place to invade.
No case could be made,
No place to invade.
CHORUS
CODA:
Don’t do it, Condoleeza, when Dick Cheney looks at you with that Viagra gleam in his eye you gotta have yourself the mother of all headaches
Laura, babe, tonight America is counting on you; slip into your best Victoria Secret style, dim down those lights and when Dubya comes in the room, you gotta look him right in the eye and say “no.”
NEVER GIVE IT UP, DON’T EVER GIVE IT UP