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79 Cents (The Meow Song) Lyrics by Eilen Jewell

Gypsy

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[Verse 1]
Whether she's rich
Or toiling in a ditch
No matter the color of her collar
The heart of your home
Works her fingers to the bone
For 79 cents to your dollar
[Chorus 1]
79 cents, 79 cents
Woah, oh
Hey hey, it’s alright it's okay
It's 79 cents to your dollar
[Verse 2]
But if her skin is brown
Her pay goes down
It’s a nickel to the white man's dime
But don't complain
Or they'll call you insane
People call me "left-wing swine"
[Chorus 2]
Left-wing swine, left-wing swine
Woah, oh
Hey hey, it's alright it's okay
Where people call me left-wing swine
[Verse 3]
And don't forget
Mama gets less
It's the motherhood penalty
With a baby on her hip
Office phone against her lip
For a raise she’ll never see
[Chorus 3]
She’ll never see, she'll never see
Woah, oh
Hey hey, it’s alright it's okay
It's a raise she'll never see
[Verse 4]
"Love it or leave it"
Ad nauseam is repeated
With fevered regurgitation
It means "Bend over and take it
If you don’t like it fake it
For the sake of the male population"
[Chorus 4]
For the male population, the male population
Woah, oh
Hey hey, it's alright it's okay
It's the great the male population
[Verse 5]
So ladies, think twice
If Uncle Sams seems nice
You say he doesn't mean it now
But Mr. Status Quo
Oh, don't you know
He's grabbing us right in the "meow"
[Chorus 5]
Right in the "meow", right in the "meow"
Woah, oh
Hey hey, it's alright it's okay
He's grabbing us right in the "meow"
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Eilen Jewell

Eilen Jewell

About “79 Cents (The Meow Song)” by Eilen Jewell

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"79 Cents (The Meow Song)" appears on "Gypsy".

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