Our Literal Speed Manifested at the College Art Association

CAN A WOMAN?

[Adam Klein and Michael Mullen]

performed by the Size Queens

Can a woman have a nervous breakdown anymore?

Like Gena Rowlands once did
At that birthday party for her kid
Like Gena Rowlands did
Married to Peter Falk

Cat Power and Kristin Hersh and Kiki Durane
Are the only women I know who can go publicly insane
Can a woman have a nervous breakdown anymore?

Like Carrie Snodgrass did
As a housewife blowing her lid
Like Carrie Snodgrass did
With Richard Benjamin

Can a woman have a nervous breakdown like they used to do?

Like Catherine Deneuve
Who saw the rabbits in her brain
Repulsed by the rot and the razors
She went quietly insane

Can a woman have a nervous breakdown?

Like Gena Rowlands once did
At that birthday party for her kid
Can I dig up little graves
For candles and balloons?

Like Jill Clayburgh once did
Sewing those valiums in her hems
She was dancing as fast as she could
Making documentary films

But Cat Power and Kristin Hersh and Kiki Durane
Are the only women I know who can go publicly insane

Can a woman have a nervous breakdown?
Can a woman have a nervous breakdown?
Must she marry Peter Falk
To be free?

Break down