Dresses
Embrace Freedom: Defying Dress Codes in Betty Blowtorch's Anthem
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If I don't want to, I don't have to
If I choose not to, I am not obligated to
I don't have to wear a dress
I am not required to wear a dress
If you don't want to, you don't have to
If you choose not to, you are not obligated to
You don't have to wear a dress
You are not required to wear a dress
I'll wear shorts and I'll wear pants
I am comfortable wearing shorts and pants
I'll even wear pajamas to a dance
I am even comfortable wearing pajamas to a dance
If I don't want to, I don't have to
If I choose not to, I am not obligated to
I don't have to wear a dress
I am not required to wear a dress
Dresses, dresses, I hate dresses
Expressing a strong dislike for dresses
Dresses, dresses, I hate dresses
Reiterating a strong dislike for dresses
To a wedding, to a funeral
Listing occasions (wedding, funeral, prom) where dresses are traditionally worn
To a prom or to see your mom
Humorous suggestion to wear jeans to see someone's mom
Dinner date, don't be late
Suggesting wearing jeans for a dinner date
Just throw on some jeans and go get laid
Advocating simplicity and casual wear for intimate encounters
If they called you a tomboy like me when I was small
Reflecting on being labeled a tomboy and asserting the freedom not to wear a dress
Then if you don't want to, you don't have to
If you choose not to, you are not obligated to
You don't have to wear a dress
You are not required to wear a dress
Dresses, dresses, I hate dresses
Reiterating a strong dislike for dresses
Dresses, dresses, I hate dresses
Expressing a strong dislike for dresses
I can sit with my legs apart
Asserting the freedom to sit, run, jump, and play without conforming to dress expectations
I can sit with my legs apart
-I can sit with my legs apart
-I can run and jump and play in the park
-If I don't want to, I don't have to
If I choose not to, I am not obligated to
I don't have to wear a dress
I am not required to wear a dress
If you don't want to, you don't have to
If you choose not to, you are not obligated to
You don't have to wear a dress
You are not required to wear a dress
Dresses, dresses, we hate dresses
Expressing a collective dislike for dresses (we hate dresses)
Dresses, dresses, we hate dresses
Reiterating a collective dislike for dresses (we hate dresses)
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