For Ladies Only lyrics

What you say to drive that girl away

When she's the one and only?

Who's the one that you been leanin' on

Ev'ry time that you were down and lonely?

How many times did you say to yourself that woman is the devil's tool?

Somehow you knew that you blew it again and didn't wanna look like a

ravin fool

But when you need affection

You go to her with a smilin' face

But now she's got a strange reaction

For ladies only

Tired of talkin' 'till somebody hears

For ladies only

Half the world has been built upon their tears

If you've been contemplatin' just what you're doin' wrong

Then you will be a witness to the rumble goin' on

You fight it hard to tell apart the truth from the jive

They've got a right to say it wrong if freedom's to survive

Now if you don't believe your own reflection

Just take a look at all your smooth talkin' friends

I'm sure you'll make the right connection

Chorus

I'll give you my donation to help the cause along

I'll make my contribution 'till the fight has been won

But when my bedroom closes one thing remains

Man, woman, hog or dog, I'm callin' the plays

And if you find the need to raise objections

Don't talk to me 'bout your wasted time

You know you made your own selections

Repeat Chorus

If I should go astray and say "I lost my way" nobody would know me

But if I don't believe I can and still say "Hear my plan"

Somebody would follow just because it's free

We're all Hippos rollin' down the river

Sometimes we can't touch the ground

Like Hippos slidin' in the water

Somehow we're stompin' around

If you should go astray and say "I lost my way" nobody will know you

But if you don't believe you can and still say "I'm your man"

Somebody will follow just because it's free

We're all Hippos rollin' down the river

Sometimes we can't touch the ground

Like Hippos slindin' in the water

Somehow we're stompin' around

Now you can see me lyin' down in my swamp

Any time I feel disgusted

You'll see me do the hippo stomp

You stop and watch me while you're out on your midnite romp

And I can feel the silent question

What the heck is the Hippo Stomp?

Hey! Hey! You should try it when you're feelin' blue

Let me answer you and let me tell ya true

Just how I feel when I'm down

Sometimes I wonder

You'll see me stumblin' around

But you just point and stare

Come on let me hear ya

Somewhere there's a voice down inside

And when you find it let it teach you how to ask the question "why"

Just because we live together

We don't have to like each other

So please don't fall asleep on me again

Nobody, nobody, nobody knows for sure

You just might never wake up from the dream

Hey! Speak up let me hear ya

Let me show you 'round the reservation

I know my way around these parts

I've lived here long enough

Now you can have a taste, an indication

Of things and times to come

Early in the morning, late at night

Somebody seems to know just how this thing work's right

'Cause every time I come around the corner somebody's looking out my

door

He's been snoopin' like a hound

I'll grab his neck and shake him on down

Repeat Chorus

Now you can see me lyin' down in my swamp

Any time I feel disgusted

You'll see me do the Hippo Stomp

• Artist:Steppenwolf
• Album:For Ladies Only (1971)