I guess I have to be a lady, smiling and waving

Constantly obeying

I guess I need a Prince to come and save me

Even if I don't need saving

I guess I must sit on a throne I don't own

Raising the babies we made all alone

I guess as a lady there's just some things I'll never know!

But if I were a man I'd go to Japan

Maybe swim in the Seine and learn to speak french!

I'd have the whole world in the palm of my hand

I'd finally do what I could

But I can't!

If I were a man