Jeannie C Riley Rib Lyrics

Rib Lyrics

I keep the books at the country courthouse



And answer phones of every kind from coast to coast



Help keep the astronauts in space with complicated formules



And give you echoes of my voice in song



I wash your dishes iron your shirts and give you children



And never mind a bit except when you forget



That I am flash of your flash and bone of your bone



And that Adam called me woman for I am the rib 



And not a footbone to be stepted on not a legbone to be walked on



Not a hipbone to be sat on not a backbone to be leaned on



Not a shoulderbone to be cried on not a headbone to be relied on



But a ribbone to be side by side hand in hand not lesser then



Not greater then but just what heaven planned



Yes you see I am the rib







Many feels have I bought and with my own hands have I planted winyards



With the fruits of my labors I have reached out to the prove



Before the light of day I have risen to feed my household



And my husband is known in the gates when he sits among the elders of the
land



My pride is far above rubies but for love trust and respect



Will I gladly share my gifts and willingly will I walk for good but not for
evil



As long as he remembers that I am the rib



And not a footbone...



For I am the rib