When I was a young woman, my father said to me, "if you don't stop asking all those smart alec questions, you'll never get a man."

When I was a young woman I thought about this and said, "if I don't find a man who likes intelligent questions, wouldn't that be a reason to ask questions?"

When I was a young woman, my father said to me, "if you don't cross your legs and stop asking smart alec questions, you'll never get a man."

This made me think of a hundred questions.
I ask you, what did keeping my legs crossed and my mouth shut have to do with finding the answers?
I ask you, what did keeping my eyes closed and my legs crossed and my mouth shut and my brain shut down have to do with finding the answers?
I can ask questions from any position!

Now I'm a little bit older, our children say to me, "Mummy, why won't grandpa answer any of our questions? I feel myself smiling with this suggestion: A long time ago he became afraid. Afraid of the answers, the smart alec answers, dancing around in his brain.

When I was a young woman, I'm here to say,
I'm allowed to say,
I'm glad to say
My father got it wrong sometimes.

From the CD Really . . . Gregarious by Gregarious Chance. See Discography

Altos and basses in combination are an imitation synth pad.

Solo tenor is a drums and bass "machine"