Alanis Morissette

Songwriter: Guy Sigsworth Alanis Morissette

Producer: Guy Sigsworth Joe Chiccarelli

[Verse 1]
First woman down was your mother
She did condone how you behave
All you could see was your father
His disrespect was in her face

[Verse 2]
Next woman down was your sister
Her silence did corroborate
She took her cues from the climate
And never knew another way

[Pre-Chorus]
Who do you take me for?

[Chorus]
Calling all woman haters
We’ve lowered the bar on the
Behavior that we will take – come on now
Calling all lady haters
Why must you vilify us?
Are you willing to clean the slate?
Woman down
Woman down

[Verse 3]
Next woman down was your lover
She takes your spite at value face
Even her hair length and color
Gives you the impulse to repeat

[Pre-Chorus]
Who do you take me for?

[Chorus]
Calling all woman haters
We’ve lowered the bar on the
Behavior that we will take – come on now
Calling all lady haters
Why must you vilify us?
Are you willing to clean the slate?
Woman down
Woman down
Woman down

[Verse 3]
Next woman down is your daughter
A stranger to being debased
She has a new lease and limit
On the abuse she’ll tolerate

[Pre-Chorus]
Who do you take me for?

[Chorus]
Calling all woman haters
We’ve lowered the bar on the
Behavior that we will take – come on now
Calling all lady haters
Why must you vilify us?
Are you willing to clean the slate?
Woman down
(Down, down, down, down)
Woman down
(Down, down, down, down)
Woman down

Alanis Nadine Morissette was born on June 1, 1974, in Ottawa, Canada. At age 6, she began taking piano lessons, and by the time she was 9, she was writing her own songs.

When she was 11, Morissette joined the cast of a Nickelodeon children’s show called You Can’t Do That on Television, and saved up her earnings. In 1987, she used them to self-release her first track, “Fate Stay With Me.” The song caught the attention of record label MCA Canada; at age 14, Morissette signed a contract with the company. She released a self-titled album, Alanis, in 1991, which went platinum. Quickly following up the success of her first album, Morissette released Now Is The Time a year later, though it did not reach the same level of popularity.

In 1994 Morissette moved to Los Angeles teamed up with industry veteran Glen Ballard, and she began to approach songwriting more organically.

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