Robert B. Sherman - Position and Positioning lyrics

If my father were a chancellor How easy it would be: The lovely Lady Caroline Would be a proper wife, you see But my father was a servant And my mother same as he So the lady of my choosing Is a world away from me That's how it is and how it was And how it always shall be Position and positioning Are socially conditioning How you're born, how you're bred Predetermine who you wed Which means there's nothing changeable Nothing's rearrangable; Position and positioning are everything in life Farmer's daughters marry cowherds -- That's acceptable and right But absurd and quite unheard of Is a milkmaid and a knight I quite agree He quite agrees She quite agrees That's how it always shall be Position and positioning Are socially conditioning People high, people low Keep the state of status quo Which means there's nothing changeable Nothing's rearrangable; Position and positioning are everything in life When a lad first joins the army This is what he learns for starters: Never court your colonel's daughter Or he'll have your guts for garters! That's how it is and how it was And how it always shall be For position and positioning Are socially conditioning How you dress and hold your head Predetermine who you wed Which means there's nothing changeable Nothing's rearrangable; Position and positioning are everything in life All the servants in a castle They reflect the world outside -- They have rank and they have station And adhere to them with pride All the staff that work below stairs May have dreams to work above But they're locked in their positions by Tradition's iron glove That's how it is? And how it was And how it always shall be We know our place and happily we bow and scrape and bend our knee But woe betide the woe begone Who try to join our echelon For privelege is not, you see Confined to just the royalty Behind these doors, I might suggest, I'm similarly blessed Yes, position and positioning Are socially conditioning Though you work your life away Where you start is where you stay Which means there's nothing changeable Nothing's rearrangable; Position and positioning are stuck with you for life! Position and positioning Are socially conditioning Though you work your life away Where you work is where you stay Which means there's nothing changeable Nothing's rearrangable; Position and positioning are everything in life! Everything in life! Everything in life! Life, life, life, life, life, life, life, life! That's how it is And how it was And how it always shall be!