"Smart Women Blame Their Mothers" Copyright 2000 Jacqueline S. Levy

Smart women blame their mothers.
It's the logical thing to do.
Why kick your cat or bully your pup
When the fault lies with the she-devil that brought you up?

Psychologists debate heatedly:
Are you the product of environment or heredity?
But either case convicts your mom, on that much they agree!
Smart women blame their mothers.

Smart women blame their mothers.
It's the daughterly thing to do.
You say you're not happy?  You're feeling stress?
Don't forget who handed down her PMS.

Is your car a wreck?  Is your job a drag?
Did your bank foreclose?  Has your perm gone bad?
Do all the men you date resemble dear old Dad?
Smart women blame their mothers.

        Now the world's got troubles and it wouldn't be fair
        To blame them all on Mom.
        Well, a few like drugs, and how 'bout acid rain?
        A mom gave birth to Saddam Hussein.

Smart women blame their mothers.
She'll be getting what she has due.
Next time you have the old dear into your home
Send her to her room with no TV or phone.

As you trudge through life on your size ten feet
Are your hips too wide?  Is your tooth too sweet?
Is your life philosophy: "I'm full.  Let's eat."?
Smart women blame their mothers.

        It's the logical, obvious, natural, daughterly thing to do.
        But of course it comes easier if you were born a Catholic or Jew.
        Don't be guilty because when your own kids grow up, they'll all blame you.
        That's why
        Smart women blame their
        Disappoint and shame their
        Smart women blame their mothers.
 

Copyright 2000 Jacqueline S. Levy