Man Smart (Woman Smarter) (from the album “Belafonte at Carnegie Hall”, 1959) Songtext
von Harry Belafonte

I say, let us put man and a woman together
To find out which one is smarter
Some say man, but I say no
The woman got the man beat they should know

And not me but the people they say
That de man has always led women astray
But I say, please listen when i say
She′s smarter than the man in every way
That's right de woman is uh smarter
That′s right de woman is uh smarter
That's right de woman is uh smarter
That's right, that′s right

Ever since the world began
Woman was always fooling man
And if you listen to my beat attentively
I goin′ tell you how she smarter than we


And not me but the people they say
That de man has always led women astray
But I say, please listen when i say
She's smarter than the man in every way

In the Garden of Eden, Adam built a home
When he settled down Eve start to rome
Many a night he spent in pain
Whatever Eve was able, she was raising cain

And not me but the people they say
That de man has always led women astray
But I say, please listen when i say
She′s smarter than the man in every way
That's right de woman is uh smarter
That′s right de woman is uh smarter
That's right de woman is uh smarter
That′s right, that's right

You meet a girl at a pretty dance
Thinking that you would stand a chance
Take her home, thinking she's alone
Open de door you find her husband home


And not me but the people they say
That de man has always led women astray
But I say, please listen when i say
She′s smarter than the man in every way

I was treating a girl independently
She was making baby for me
When de baby born and I went to see
Eyes was blue it was not by me

And not me but the people they say
That de man has always led women astray
But I say, please listen when i say
She′s smarter than the man in every way
That's right de woman is uh smarter
That′s right de woman is uh smarter
That's right de woman is uh smarter
That′s right, that's right

Garden of Eden was very nice
Adam never work in Paradise
Eve meet snake, Paradise gone
She make Adam work from that day on

And not me but the people they say
That de man has always led women astray
But I say, please listen when i say
She′s smarter than the man in every way

Methusaleh spent all his life in tears
Lived without a woman for 900 years
One day he decided to have some fun
The poor man never lived to see 900 and one

And not me but the people they say
That de man has always led women astray
But I say, please listen when i say
She's smarter than the man in every way