Play Like A Girl

Play Like A Girl
 Janis Ian
 I remember when boys told me --
 You play like a girl
 It's a matter of genetic history
 You play like a girl
 You can't be in our band
 You don't play like a man
 but there's one thing you can do
 Teach us to play like you
 Now all over this big wide world,
 I play like a girl
 From the California lights to the Serengetti nights
 I play like a girl
 When I was ten years old, I was told --
 You can't play baseball
 You've got to pitch underhand
 You can't throw it like a man
 It won't be any fun at all
 Girls don't know how to have fun
 Girls don't last in the long run
 Girls give birth and stuff but
 They're not really tough enough
 Now all over this big wide world
 I play like a girl
 From the California lights to the Serengetti nights
 I play like a girl
 Don't want to be Elvis
 Mickey Mantle or Babe
 This isn't a contest
 I just want to make some music
 Have a good time while I do it
 I don't need permission
 to change this tradition
 When they tell me "you can't play"
 I just turn my back and say
 Now all over this big wide world
 I play like a girl
 From the California lights to the Serengetti nights
 I play like a girl
 I play like a girl
 I play like a girl