K.T. Oslin 80's Ladies Grammy winner
by Felix P: Grammy Awards
K.T. Oslin's "80's Ladies" still hits just as hard today. Released in 1987, the song climbed to #7 on the Billboard Country charts and took home a Grammy. It's an enduring anthem for modern women. #GrammyAwards
Transcript (en)
We were three little girls from school One was pretty, one was smart And one was a borderline fool Oh, she's still good looking That woman hadn't slept a bit The smart one used her head and she made her fortune And beyond loss I bought her every chance I gave We were the girls of the fifties Stone rock and rollers in the sixties And more than our names got changed As the seventies slipped on by Now we're eighties ladies There ain't been much These ladies ain't tried Got educated We got liberated And that's complicated matters With all you men Oh, we said I'd do And we signed I don't And we sworn we'd never do that again Oh, we burned our bras And we burned our dinners And we burned our candles At both ends And we got some truth To look just like the way we did back then Oh but we all grown up now Yes, we're all grown up And none of us can tell you why We were the girls of the fifties The snow rocking rovers in the sixties And more than our names got changed As the seventies slipped on fire Now we're eighties late Oh, there ain't been much these ladies ain't tried Hey, my name is Alice, I'm gonna marry Artie We're gonna sell out, we're gonna live in Arkansas Me, my name is Betty, I'm gonna marry Bobby We're gonna sell beans We're gonna live in Brazil Say my name is Connie I'm gonna marry Charlie We're gonna sell cars Gonna live in California Thank you.
