The Ballad of a Ladyman - Sleater-Kinney

Eye cream and thigh cream

How 'bout a get high cream?

Nothing I do smoothes out the feelings of being used

Ballad of a Ladyman

Freak that I am, live in Japan

Let’s rock with the tough girls in this part of the world

Take a photograph

Portrait of a Ladyman

Are we holding on to our pride a bit too long?

Are we breaking on guitars?

Are we breaking you apart?

They say I’ve gone too far with the image I’ve got

And they know I’d make a mint with new plastic skin

And a hit on the radio!

Temptations of a Ladyman

I could be demure like girls who are soft

For boys who are fearful of getting an earful

But I gotta rock!

I’d rather be a Ladyman!

Are we holding on to our pride a bit too long?

Are we breaking on guitars?

Are we breaking you apart?

How many times will you decide?

(You sit at home with an alibi)

How many lives will you define?

(In case they call and ask you why)

How much control should we give up of our lives?

(All you do is go, «ooh ahh ohh»

You’re out of control but saying, «ooh ahh ooh»)

Are we holding on to our pride a bit too long?

Are we breaking on guitars?

Are we breaking you apart?

How many times will you decide?

(You sit at home with an alibi)

How many lives will you define?

(In case they call and ask you why)

How much control should we give up of our lives?

(All you do is go, «ooh ahh ohh»

You’re out of control but saying, «ooh ahh ooh»)

Ballad of a Ladyman