51.Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves(Live)

Written:Annie Lennox/Dave Stewart

Now there was a time when we used to say
That behind every great man
There has to be a great woman

Well, in these times of change
You know that it is no longer true
So we're comin' out of the kitchen
'Cause there's somethin'
we forgot to say to you (with that)

Sisters are doin' it for themselves
Standin' on their own two feet
And ringin' on their own bells
Sisters are doin' it for themselves

Now this is a song to celebrate
The conscious liberation of the female state
Mothers, daughters and their daughters too
Woman to woman we're singin' with you
Now the 'inferior sex' has got a new exterior, yeah
We got doctors, lawyers, politicians too, ooh, oh yeah
Everybody take a look around
Can you see, can you see, can you see
There's a woman right next to you, whoa yeah

Sisters are doin' it for themselves
(come on everybody!)
Standin' on their own two feet
And ringin' on their own bells
Sisters are doin' it for themselves

Oh, we ain't makin' stories
No, we ain't makin' plans
Don't you know that a man still loves a woman
And a woman still loves a man
(Just the same way)

Now there was a time (there was a time)
When we used to say (when we used to say)
That behind every great man
There has to be a great woman

Well, in these times of change
You know that it is no longer true
So we're comin' out of the kitchen
'Cause there's somethin'
we forgot to say to you (with that)

Sisters are doin' it for themselves
Standin' on their own two feet
And ringin' on their own bells
Sisters are doin' it for themselves

Sisters are doin' it for themselves
Doin' it, doin' it, doin' it, doin' it
Sisters are doin' it for themselves
All of my sisters, all of my sisters
Sisters are doin' it for themselves