Fifty-Nine Cents

Lyrics

[Verse 1] High school daydreams come easy and free When you're a working woman watcha gonna be? A senator, a surgeon, aim for the heights But the guidance office says lower your sights to [Chorus] Fifty-nine cents for every man's dollar Fifty-nine cents, it's a low down deal Fifty-nine cents makes a grown woman holler They give you a diploma, it's your paycheck they steal [Verse 2] So it's off to college, the elite kind To polish her manners, sharpen her mind Honors in English, letter in lacrosse Typеs her to type for her favoritе boss at [Chorus] Fifty-nine cents for every man's dollar Fifty-nine cents, it's a low down deal Fifty-nine cents makes a grown woman holler They give you a degree, it's your paycheck they steal [Verse 3] Junior executive on her way up Special assistant to the man at the top She's one in a million and all she found Was her own secretary now to order around at [Chorus] Fifty-nine cents for every man's dollar Fifty-nine cents, it's a low down deal Fifty-nine cents makes a grown woman holler They give you a title, it's your paycheck they steal [Verse 4] But the word is being processed in the typing pool A working woman ain't nobody's fool She's telling the boss on Secretary's Day You can keep your flowers buddy, give me a raise more than [Chorus] Fifty-nine cents for every man's dollar Fifty-nine cents—oh the deal has changed Fifty-nine cents makes a grown woman holler You can keep your flowers buddy, give us a raise [Outro] You can keep your flowers buddy Just give us Better give us a raise