《I’m Gonna Be An Engineer》歌词

歌曲： I’m Gonna Be An Engineer

所属专辑：Circles & Seasons

歌手： Pete Seeger

时长： 03:16

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I'm Gonna Be An Engineer - Pete Seeger[00:00:01]

When I was a little girl I wished I was a boy[00:00:03]

I tagged along behind the gang and wore my corduroys [00:00:06]

Everybody said I only did it to annoy[00:00:10]

But I was gonna be an engineer [00:00:12]

Mamma said Why can't you be a lady[00:00:16]

Your duty is to make me the mother of a pearl[00:00:19]

Wait until you're older dear[00:00:22]

And maybe you'll be glad that you're a girl [00:00:23]

When I went to school I learned to write[00:00:30]

And how to read[00:00:31]

History geography and home economy[00:00:33]

And typing is a skill[00:00:36]

That every girl is sure to need[00:00:37]

To while away the extra time until the time to breed[00:00:39]

And then they had the nerve to ask [00:00:42]

What would I like to be[00:00:43]

I says I'm gonna be an engineer[00:00:44]

No you only need to learn to be a lady[00:00:47]

The duty isn't yours for to try to run the world[00:00:51]

An engineer could never have a baby[00:00:54]

Remember dear that you're a girl[00:00:57]

Well I started as a typist[00:01:01]

But I studied on the sly[00:01:02]

Working out the day and night so I could qualify[00:01:04]

And every time the boss came in [00:01:07]

He pinched me on the thigh[00:01:09]

Said I've never had an engineer[00:01:10]

You owe it to the job to be a lady[00:01:13]

The duty of the staff is to give the boss a whirl[00:01:16]

The wages that you make you crummy maybe[00:01:19]

But it's all you get [00:01:21]

'Cause you're a girl[00:01:22]

Then Jimmy came along and we set up a conjugation[00:01:26]

We were busy every night with loving recreation[00:01:29]

I spent my days at work so he could get an education[00:01:32]

And now he's an engineer[00:01:35]

He said I know you'll always be a lady[00:01:38]

The duty of my darling is to love me all her life[00:01:41]

Could an engineer look after or obey me[00:01:44]

Remember dear that you're my wife[00:01:47]

Well As soon a Jimmy got a job I studied hard again[00:01:51]

Then busy at me turret-lathe a year or two [00:01:54]

And then[00:01:56]

The morning that the twins were born [00:01:57]

Jimmy says to them[00:01:59]

Can't your mother was an engineer[00:02:00]

You owe it to the kids to be a lady[00:02:03]

Dainty as a dish-rag faithful as a chow[00:02:06]

Stay at home you got to mind the baby[00:02:09]

Remember you're a mother now[00:02:12]

Every time I turn around there's something else to do[00:02:14]

Cook a meal or mend a sock or sweep a floor or two[00:02:17]

Listening to Jimmy Young[00:02:20]

It makes me want to spew[00:02:21]

I was gonna be an engineer [00:02:23]

I only wish that I could be a lady[00:02:26]

I'd do the lovely things that a lady's s'posed to do[00:02:29]

I wouldn't even mind if only they would pay me[00:02:31]

Then I could be a person too [00:02:34]

Well I listened to my mother[00:02:39]

And I joined a typing pool[00:02:40]

Listened to my lover[00:02:42]

And I put him through his school[00:02:43]

If I listen to the boss I'm just a bloody fool[00:02:45]

And an underpaid engineer[00:02:48]

I been a sucker ever since I was a baby[00:02:50]

As a daughter as a mother [00:02:53]

As a lover as a dear[00:02:55]

But I'll fight them as a woman not a lady[00:02:56]

I'll fight them as an engineer[00:02:59]

Sala every life forever[00:03:02]

I'll fight bears an engineer[00:03:05]