Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Mildred Bailey
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Mildred Bailey
Composer
Lyrics
I don’t know who it was voted
Or by whose hand it was signed
Someone once said, and I quote it
“It’s a woman’s prerogative to change her mind.”
We may have you in a holder
Harnessed before and behind
But ‘til you kneel at that altar
It’s a woman’s prerogative to change her mind
Promise anything, anything at all
Promise everything
Honey don’t swerve
Throw him a curve
String ‘em along ‘til they show you
What they’ve got in reserve
Though his bank
Shows a big balance
And he seems heaven-designed
If the boy’s short on his talents
It’s a woman’s prerogative to change her mind
They say precedent
Makes a thing a law
Hooray, precedent
I can say “yes” when I mean “no”
Hard to believe, but they tell me that it’s legally so
So don’t fret
How much you’ve kissed ‘em
If on their couch you recline
Don’t forget, we’ve got a system:
It’s a woman’s prerogative to change her mind
She can change her mind
Written by: Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer