Mama always told me to be brave
She said "don't be like me,
I have been a slave
I've worked and worked my entire life
I've stripped myself down
Still this pension ain't enough
To keep this roof
So I'm asking someone
Who's fooling who
The solution to this
Is to be somebody's wife
You see I use to be a boss
But it didn't make half as much
As a man that worked the same position
Talking about killing carrer ambitions
But I can't sit straight
In a cashemere dress"
Oooooh
My mama always told me to be brave
She said "don't be like me,
I have been a slave
To dream is a privilege
Go figure out how to use it
You see I've fallen fallen from the sky,
Don't let them have you too
Still this pension can't keep my roof
So I'm asking someone
Who's fooling who
At the age of twelve
I slept with my guard up
I was steady, ready, waiting for the day
That soon would come
When I snapped
And let the beating rain back
Tired of looking as a country map
Oh hey system
Oh I ain't afraid no more
So I'm asking you
Who's fooling who"
Oooooh
Well I'm not here to preach
But hell what can I do
When everything I stand for
Soon depends on all of you
But I will, I will
I will keep up this fight
And show you people
How it's done right
Well lucky darn me
I came out from a crazy fool,
Oh
Oooooh
Yes I will I will
I will keep up this fight
And show you mama
How it's done right
Like you fallen fallen from the sky
I will get them falling down alright
And I'm never to tired
To set thing straights
So I promise you mama
They won't get to me
Yet I'm asking someone
Who's fooling who
Oh yet I'm asking someone
Who's fooling who
Oh yet I'm asking someone
Who's fooling who