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From the “Faces at the Farmers’ Market” series.  Ft. Myers, Fla.      January 2015. Paul Goldfinger ©

 

 

PATRICK RIGUELLE AND JOHN TERRA.   This song’s lyrics were written by Neil Diamond in 1967.  From the album Songs From the Brill Building:

 

 

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1. on March 17, 2022 at 8:43 pm Paul Goldfinger, MD, Editor Blogfinger.net

   In our recent discussion about another older song lyric, we wondered whether lyric writers in Sinatra’s era understood women. This song, lyrics by Neil Diamond, was written in 1967.

   There is a message repeated three times:

   “Girl, you’ll be a woman soon
   Please, come take my hand
   Girl, you’ll be a woman soon
   Soon, you’ll need a man”

   Feminism has evolved in stages. Betty Friedan wrote the Feminine Mystique in 1963. Did she complain about this lyric?

   
   

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