Gimme a woman With brass knuckles in her purse Gimme a widow Who drinks whiskey in the hearse Gimme a poet with a pinup disposition Gimme a lady who won't hesitate to kick somebody's teeth in Gimme that woman with a dirty word "Jab" And a mean society hook Gimme a woman Who says everything she feels Gimme a goddess Who reads Hemingway in heels Gimme an optimistic anarchistic killer Gimme a lady who won't hesitate to teach me how to thrill her Gimme that woman with a dirty word "Jab" And a mean society hook Let's me bare witness to her darkness when she's mourning And when she's threatened, goes to war without a warning Let's me bare witness to her darkness when she's mourning And when she's threatened, she'll go to war She'll go to war She'll go to war She'll go to war She'll go to war without a warning And gimme a soldier Who takes everything she needs Gimme a heathen Who holds heaven in her teeth Gimme a guts and swagger, broken dagger-ella Gimme a heavy bottle, anti-patriarcho-fortune teller Gimme that woman with a dirty word "Jab" And a mean, mean, mean, mean society hook