The Battle of the Sexes - Tom Paxton

Back in the garden of Eden

That never needed weedin'

Adam made himself a new straw hat

But all that he was wearin'

Eve just sat there starin'

Sayin', «Adam, you can’t go out dressed like that»

And that did it, blam-to-blam

That’s when all the fun began

That’s the day when all the men and women went to war

Now, the battle of the sexes

Runs from Babylon to Texas

And they’ll fight, fight, fight forevermore

Anthony, that mighty Roman

Cleopatra’s hair was combin'

She knew he was no mental acrobat

He was a great romancer

But he never should have answered

When she asked him, «Does this dress make me look fat?»

And that did it, blam-to-blam

That’s when all the fun began

That’s the day when all the men and women went to war

Now, the battle of the sexes

Runs from Babylon to Texas

And they’ll fight, fight, fight forevermore

Delilah said to Samson

«You're so tall and dark and handsome

My heart beats like it never gonna stop

You are so hurly-burly

Your hair so long and curly

I just think I’ll take a little off the top»

George Washington and Martha

Sat before a glowing hearth

Another soft, Virginia evening drifting by

But as the room grew colder

She asked him if she looked older

And he said, «My dear I cannot tell a lie»

And that did it, blam-to-blam

That’s when all the fun began

That’s the day when all the men and women went to war

Now, the battle of the sexes

Runs from Babylon to Texas

And they’ll fight, fight, fight forevermore

Oh, the battle of the sexes

Runs from Babylon to Texas

And they’ll fight, fight, fight forevermor