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No Answer for a Dancer Lyrics by Consolidated

Business Of Punishment

1994

[Chorus]
No answer for a dancer
No answer for a dancer
[Verse 1]
It was after the show and I'm loadin' out the van
Could've been anywhere but in this case, Atlanta
A woman walks up while I'm packin'
She says, "Have you got a minute?", I said, "Yeah, just a second
How are you? Did you enjoy the show?"
She said, "I did but I still have a question, though
'Cause some of your remarks were confusing
'Specially the ones about pornography and prostitution
Now, let me understand this: that for women and children this is violence
Well, I appreciate the messages you're giving
But I happen to dance for a living
And I wanna know why you wanna be my voice
Gotta take away that which should be my choice
To seek some meaningful and gainful employment
Even if it means giving dirty old men enjoyment
Now exploitation of anyone is wrong, I agree
But this doesn't apply to me
I've never been harassed while I work and my bottom line's phat
Now, sir, can you deal with that?
[Chorus]
No answer for a dancer
No answer for a dancer
[Verse 2]
You could already call a situation
I wasn't even speculating about her occupation
But this debate's insane
And I was on the spot so I had to try to explain
Her points were intelligent and simple
And I'm already feeling like Mr. Guilty-White-Liberal
I just try to be sensitive
Don't act like I have any advice to give
And let me make it clear, I support you
In a man's world, a woman does what she's got to
If this is your profession, your sexual expression
Your internalized oppression, hey, I don't doubt you
My only problem is with a society
That forces women into sexual commodities
Where a third of all women are known
To be sexually abused before they're grown
The most raped, most homeless, and addicted
If this job were described to you, would you have picked it?
Average age fourteen, hell yes, obscene
Made to look aroused by pain
Children being raped with guns and knives
That ain't speech, but the taking of innocent's lives
And if you happen to be the exception, that's cool
But let's consider the overwhelming rule
[Chorus]
No answer for a dancer
No answer for a dancer
[Verse 3]
We parted ways with no resolution
You could go back and forth and never find a solution
The only point I wanted to make to her
Is while all the liberals and pornographers
Decide where the line between porn and erotica is
This is what prostitution really is
A question of censorship, alright?
Of women and children's basic rights
And there's no first amendment protection
For those unable to raise an objection
If they weren't silenced, they'd sound an alarm
We'd all know the difference between speech and harm
You wanna mutilate yourself on film, that's your choice
But can we protect those without a voice?
I'd never get your face
I just don't want you to end up like Linda Lovelace
The bottom line is I'm a man
And I listen to you 'cause I could never understand
And I haven't got shit to say
But if I don't say anything, well, how long will it be this way?
[Bridge]
And if you want to continue to believe
That this is a matter for debate
I want to tell you how many women will die
During the course of the debate
[Chorus]
No answer for a dancer
No answer for a dancer
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