Story Behind The Song

My wife is from a strong Italian culture and is truly technically challenged.

Song Description

My wife, and many women for that matter, are constantly confronted with conflict between the cultures from which their parents and ancestors came, and the US culture today. This song makes fun of the situation that really is much more serious than this parody.

Lyrics

Old World Woman (c) 2004 Kevin Mahan

She's an Old World Woman
Living as my new world wife
Old world values
New world strife
Old world people like her
It's by their standards she abides
Well this old world woman's got a
New world coming, but
She wants to be by my side

Every day she works so hard
She sweeps the floor and cleans the yard
And beats all the carpets with a broom
Just like in ancient Rome
The pasta's ready when I get home
The aroma of the food fills the room
Never do we argue much
She makes it seems that I am such
A great provider yet there's quite a chance
With her lack of evolution
She's got a resolution
To be the one who wears the pants.

CHORUS

I bought her a microwave,
An electric razor with which to shave
A mobile phone and a TV set
DVD and a VCR
GPS for a brand new car,
but she hasn't used any yet
To me she kindly pleads
Her momma nor her grandma needs
these useless material things.
She stacks them up all by the door
And says we'll give them to the poor
and that is why you hear me sing

CHORUS