It makes no difference if you’re rich or poor or even if you're smart or dumb A woman’s place in this whole world is under some man’s thumb It must be heavy and it must be hard trying to make a little dent in life A breeding feeling by your feet while loathsome wrestles light ‘Cause if you’re born a woman, you’re born to be hurt You were born to be lied to, stepped on, cheated on and treated like dirt If you’re born a woman, you’re born to be hurt A woman’s place is to give and give and then to give some more And it’s so hard to understand what she’s giving for The break of day to the dead of night at someone’s beck and call A woman’s place in this whole world ain’t no place at all ‘Cause if you’re born a woman, you’re born to be hurt Solo ‘Cause if you’re born a woman, you’re born to be hurt You were born to be lied to, stepped on, cheated on and treated like dirt If you’re born a woman, you’re born to be hurt Born to be hurt Born to be hurt Born to be hurt Born to be hurt