The Avett Brothers - New Woman's World lyrics

It used to be a man's world
But we didn't treat it right
It used to be a man's world
 but all we did was fight
I'm glad it's finally in the hands of
The women and the girls
I can't wait to see what they do
With what's left of the world

Ladies, I'm sorry
But we couldn’t seem to learn
How to live in peace, so Rome had to burn
And we cared about clean air
But there was money to be made
And breathing's nice
But it don't compare with getting paid

It used to be a man's world
But we didn't treat it right
It used to be a man's world
But all we did was fight
I'm glad it's finally in the hands
Of the women and the girls
I can't wait to see what they do
With what's left of the world

Please, I beg your pardon
But we got a bit confused
Some of our brothers thought our sisters
Were born for getting used
Then we made the assumption that's
How it should be done
Then tried to excuse ourselves in
The name of fun
Don't get me wrong, hope ain't fully gone
Scores of decent men built the
Road I'm standing on but a lot of it has
Crumbled through prideful mistakes
And ashes cover much of what
The flooding didn't take

I know that we are giving you
A lot to straighten out
The silver lining broke away
From the thunder cloud
And it took us a few thousand years
To make a mess so fine
I bet y'all sort it out in
Less than half the time

It used to be a man's world
Excess in the extreme
Oh, it used to be a man's world
But we ran out of steam
We couldn't seem to reach the grace
That's born in every girl
Still, I hope that I can lend a
Hand in this new woman's world
Let me know if I can help
Out in this new woman's world