{"id":76,"date":"2016-10-05T06:18:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T05:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/2016\/10\/05\/mrs-stress-and-strain\/"},"modified":"2016-10-05T06:18:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T05:18:00","slug":"mrs-stress-and-strain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/2016\/10\/05\/mrs-stress-and-strain\/","title":{"rendered":"Mrs Stress and Strain"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nMRS STRESS AND STRAIN<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
\n\u00a9Trev Teasdel Coventry 1969 \/ 1975 \/ 78<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
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\n<\/div>\n
\nWhen the sun is out shining,<\/span><\/div>\n
\nAre you always ironing?<\/span><\/div>\n
\nDoes your Steven need new shoes<\/span><\/div>\n
\nAnd Mary have the lover\u2019s blues?<\/span><\/div>\n
\nAs life all around gets tense,<\/span><\/div>\n
\nDo you ask yourself<\/span><\/div>\n
\n\u2018Where is the sense<\/i>?\u2019<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nMaybe the milkman hasn\u2019t been,<\/span><\/div>\n
\nAnd your rooms aren\u2019t very clean.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nSo many bills to be paid,<\/span><\/div>\n
\nOn your mind they\u2019re all weighed.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nPrices rising higher<\/span><\/div>\n
\nAnd your state is getting dire.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nChorus \u2013<\/span><\/div>\n
\nMrs Stress and Strain, <\/span><\/div>\n
\nTo the ‘kitchen sink you\u2019re chained<\/i>‘.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nWorry haunts your life, <\/span><\/div>\n
\nAnd I can see you are the wife<\/span><\/div>\n
\nOf  Mr Toil and Strife.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
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\nThey say \u201cA women\u2019s works is never done<\/i>\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
\nand the housework isn\u2019t fun.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nWho else would work as hard as you<\/span><\/div>\n
\nSuch long hours, no rest due?<\/span><\/div>\n
\nThe stresses and the strains you bear,<\/span><\/div>\n
\nThe children and the mothercare!<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
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\nAnd the beat goes on, day by day,<\/span><\/div>\n
\nThe isolation wears your soul away.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nThere\u2019s nothing to show for all your work<\/span><\/div>\n
\nBecause you can\u2019t stop a room from gathering dirt!<\/span><\/div>\n
\nDo you feel you\u2019ve got no life left of your own,<\/span><\/div>\n
\nA permanent fixture, a doorpost in your home.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nChorus \u2026<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nAnd though you\u2019ll never make ends meet,<\/span><\/div>\n
\nThe adverts entice you to compete,<\/span><\/div>\n
\nWith an image of an \u2018all-mod-con<\/i>‘<\/span><\/div>\n
\nTrendy space age ‘Super mom.<\/i>‘<\/span><\/div>\n
\nShould profiteers always hold the trump cards?<\/span><\/div>\n
\nYou\u2019ve been dealt a hand of jokers \u2013<\/span><\/div>\n
\nOh What a fa\u00e7ade!<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nSometimes ‘slave<\/i>‘ means the same as mom.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nWho does everyone fall back upon?<\/span><\/div>\n
\nThey don\u2019t think, there can be another side of you.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nOnly see what they expect of you.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nLocked into the family situation,<\/span><\/div>\n
\nWith the pills to ease your aggravation.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nChorus\u2026<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nSit down, sit back, light up and sigh,<\/span><\/div>\n
\nDoes your position in society make you cry?<\/span><\/div>\n
\n\u201cHow hard\u2019s the fortune of all women kind,<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
\nalways in fetters, always confined.<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
\nBound down by parents until made wives<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
\nSlaves to their husbands the rest of their lives.<\/i>\u201d *<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
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\n* This verse in quotes is from the tradional folk song ‘The Waggoner’s Lad<\/i>‘<\/span>
\n
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\n<\/span><\/p>\n
\nFeatured on my album Songs From the Coventry Underground<\/i>, Gnome label, 2007<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
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\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
\n
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\n………………<\/span><\/div>\n
\nThe story behind this is under The Ups and Down in the life of Mr Toil and Strife. I wrote this in 1969 originally adding in verses and revising in the late 70’s after reading various feminist books. <\/span><\/div>\n
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 Here’s the video of the song Mrs Stress and Strain.<\/span><\/p>\n


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