AmC
Seem like everywhere I go, everybody wanna know
GF
What's it like to be a girl in the music world?
Em
Oh, oh, oh
[Verse]
Am
The scene is so sexist, believe me I get it. We'd probably sell more records.
If I flaunted my ass and chest, but forget it. I work like one of the boys, and I'm as true as they get.
FEm
But I'm a lady through and through, like give me some credit
Am
I knew I'd regret it if I tried to blend in and pretend
Be something other than I am, like have you noticed I'm a woman?
FEm
Didn't come to downplay it, or to play it up either. And I'm not trying pick a fight or be nobody's leader.
Am
But it feels like everybody's just a little too interested. In the fact that females can indeed make music
FEm
Our interviews, our bios, they all make it a point: "Female Fronted Band, from Decatur, Illinois"
Am
And just once, I'd like to see some other band's resume go out of their way to say
They're fronted by a male, ok? And while we're on it, let me say Women don't all sound the same
FEm
Who gave us the idea that "female fronted" is a genre anyway?
[Chorus]
AmCG
Seem like everywhere I go, everybody wanna know
F
What's it like to be a girl, in the music world?
Em
Oh, oh, oh, oh
AmDm
Wanna make it disappear, tell 'em what they wanna hear
C
If truth ain't pretty, will you all stay with me
GEm
Will you love me, love me ugly?
[Verse]
Am
And I know it's not fair, and I can't complain 'Cause with girl in our band, people don't look away
But you know what, it feels like they look just a little too long
FEm
Stare me up and down, forget to listen to the song
Am
I take the stage, and before I even open my mouth The audience assumes that they got us all figured out
"Oh your band's got a chick, must be some kinda trick"
FEm
"There's no way she got this far without sucking somebody's"
Am
Did you really think that's how it works? I'm not fucking eye candy
I'm here to do my job, I'll be the last man standing
Boys in the crowd asking, for me to flash them
FEm
Well here you go, news flash. You're ignorant, and that's that.
Am
I bet you'd never say that to your little sister. The media's got you all jacked up, little mister.
FE
'Cause girls in my position can perpetuate the cycle. Walking a tightrope, don't know which way to go.
Am
Hypersexualize, or downplay your femininity. Dress like the dudes, or pray to God that you're pretty
Are you kidding me? And I don't even know who's to blame
FEm
Beauty sells, I buy it too, I'm trying to sell it back it you
[Chorus]
AmCG
Seem like everywhere I go, everybody wanna know
F
What's it like to be a girl, in the music world?
Em
Oh, oh, oh, oh
AmDm
Wanna make it disappear, tell 'em what they wanna hear
C
If truth ain't pretty, will you all stay with me
GEm
Will you love me, love me ugly?
[Bridge]
AmC
So tell me, what's a woman to do-no, scratch that
G
Tell me what's a human being to with the fact that
FEm
What gets us ahead holds us back more. Is a level playing field too much to ask for?
AmC
And I know that by saying it, I'm bringing attention. To an issue that might be better left unmentioned.
G
But someone's gotta say it, gotta call out the scene
FEm
The scene is obscene, my sanity's split at the seams
Am
So to all of ya'll making this just about ass and tits
Here to set the record straight, it don't gotta be this way. We can change the game, rearrange the way to fame
FEm
And make a bigger deal about the talent than the face
AmC
See I got little girls watching me, wanting to be like me. I wanna show them that they don't gotta be like me.
AmEm
They can do their own thing, they can rewrite the rules
FEm
They can get respect without acting like fools
Am
So lets not make it harder than it has to be
Em
I'll keep making music, you stop asking me
FEm
What's it like to be a girl in the entertainment world?
N.C
'Cause now you know
[Chorus]
AmCG
Seem like everywhere I go, everybody wanna know
F
What's it like to be a girl, in the music world?
Em
Oh, oh, oh, oh
AmDm
Wanna make it disappear, tell 'em what they wanna hear
C
If truth ain't pretty, will you all stay with me
GEm
Will you love me, love me ugly?