GILBERT O'SULLIVAN - A WOMAN'S PLACE

A WOMAN’S PLACE

GILBERT O’SULLIVAN

SONGWRITER: GILBERT O’SULLIVAN

COUNTRY: IRELAND

ALBUM: A STRANGER IN MY OWN BACK YARD

LABEL: U. S. M.

GENRE: POP MUSIC

YEAR: 1974

 

        Raymond Edward O'Sullivan(born 1 December 1946), known professionally as Gilbert O'Sullivan, is an Irish singer-songwriter who achieved his most significant success during the early 1970s with hits including "Alone Again (Naturally)", "Clair", and "Get Down". O'Sullivan's songs are often marked by his distinctive, percussive piano playing style and observational lyrics using word play.

        Born in Waterford, Ireland, O'Sullivan settled in Swindon, England, as a child. In 1967, O'Sullivan began pursuing a career in music. Worldwide, he has charted 16 top 40 records including six Nº 1 songs, the first of which was 1970's "Nothing Rhymed". Across his career, he has recorded 19 studio albums, up to his UK top 20 self-titled record in 2018. The music magazine Record Mirror voted him the top UK male singer of 1972. He has received three Ivor Novello Awards, including “Songwriter of the Year” in 1973.

       A Stranger in My Own Back Yard is the fourth studio album by British-Irish singer-songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan, originally released in October 1974 by MAM Records. Peaking at number 9 on the UK Albums Chart, it was O'Sullivan's fourth and, to date, final top ten album, although it received positive reviews from critics. After the funk-inflected I'm a Writer, Not a Fighter, A Stranger in My Own Back Yard marked a return to the style of O'Sullivan's first two albums. The album's only single, "A Woman's Place", was O'Sullivan's first since his breakthrough to miss the top 40 of the UK Singles Chart. Union Square Music reissued the album on the Salvo label in 2012 as part of the Gilbert O'Sullivan - A Singer & His Songs collection.

I may be old fashioned

So what if I am

I'm not any different

To any other man

I'm not one of those

Who look for blood from a stone

But I believe

A woman's place is in the home.

 

Now I'm not one to kid you

You know it's not my style

I wouldn't want to hurt you

Not even for a while

I'm all for a woman

Who can make it on her own

But I believe

A woman's place is in the home.

Ooh baby I believe, I do

A woman's place is in the home.

 

Wonder what would have happened

Had a woman flattened

Rocky Marciano's nose

Would there have been

A change of views

Would women no longer be used

The way they seem

To think they're being

 

I know what you're thinking

And you've every right to moan

But I believe, yes indeed, I do,

A woman's place is in the home.

Ooh baby I believe, I do

A woman's place is in the home.