Man Smart (Woman Smarter)

Album: Calypso (1956)
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  • I say let us put man and a woman together
    To find out which one is smarter
    Some say man but I say no
    The woman got the man de day should know

    And not me but the people they say
    That the man are leading the women astray
    But I say, that the women of today
    Smarter than the man in every way
    That's right de woman is uh smarter
    That's right de woman is uh smarter
    That's right de woman is uh smarter, that's right, that's right

    Ah, ever since the world began
    Woman was always teaching man
    And if you listen to my bid attentively
    I goin' tell you how she smarter than he

    And not me but the people they say
    That the man are leading the women astray
    But I say, that the women of today
    Smarter than the man in every way

    Garden of Eden was very nice
    Adam never work in paradise
    Eve meet snake, paradise gone
    She make Adam work from that day on

    And not me but the people they say
    That the man are leading the women astray
    But I say, that the women of today
    Smarter than the man in every way
    That's right the woman is uh smarter
    That's right the woman is uh smarter
    That's right the woman is uh smarter, that's right, that's right

    Samson was the strongest man long ago
    No one could a beat him, as we all know
    Until he loved Deliah, Lila said
    All of the strength is in the hair of your head

    And not me but the people they say
    That the man are leading the women astray
    But I say, that the women of today
    Smarter than the man in every way
    That's right the woman is uh smarter
    That's right the woman is uh smarter
    That's right the woman is uh smarter, that's right, that's right

    Ah you meet a girl at a ballroom dance
    Thinking that you would stand a chance
    Take her home, thinking she's alone
    Open the door you find her mama home

    And not me but the people they say
    That the man are leading the women astray
    But I say, that the women of today
    Smarter than the man in every way
    Oh yes, smarter Writer/s: Harry Belafonte, Jack Segal, Norman Span
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, NEXT DECADE ENTERTAINMENT,INC., Universal Music Publishing Group
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