King Of Intimidation Lyrics - Alanis Morissette

(Spoken words taken from an old recording: "The women of the family seem to feel that they owe it to the men of the family to look relaxed, rested, and attractive at dinnertime.") 

For you they live in a quiet monastery 

For you they wear whatever you want them to as long as it is short 

They count to ten when you tell them how to drive 

And when they're afraid they let you speak for them 

All hail the king of intimidation 

Obeyer of Christian behavior 

For you we'll wax; we skin, chicken our legs 

For you we chew our nails if we had any but fake ones to do it 

We contradict him temporarily 

And it was somethin' about how you talk down to me 

All hail the king of intimidation 

Obeyer of Christian behavior 

The role of compromises for the family you now want some 

There's only so much we can do to make you rest assured 

I am single 

I am weary 

You're just jealous 

You're just confused 

You're just hungry 

You're in sin now 

You're not happy 

You like kidding 

All hail the king of intimidation 

Obeyer of Christian behavior 

He knows not of what he has wrongly done 

So forgive his ignorant behavior 

You are tortured 

You are captured 

You are busted 

We were silent 

You were tested 

You did better 

You are lonely 

Was it worth it? 

La,la,la,la