I makes no difference if you're rich or poor

Or if you're smart or dumb

A woman's place in this old world

Is under some man's thumb



And if you're born a woman, you're born to be hurt

You're born to be stepped on, lied to, cheated on and treated like dirt

Oh, if you're born a woman, you're born to be hurt.



A woman's lot is to give and heal, and go on givin'

A woman's got to love and lose, and go on livin'

Yes, I was born a woman, I didn't have no say

But when my man finally comes home, he makes me glad it happened that way

Because to be his woman no price is too great to pay

Ya, I was born a woman, I'm glad it happened that way.