Loretta Lynn
"Rated X" lyrics

Rated X

Well, if you've been a married woman
And things didn't seem to work out
Divorce is the key to being loose and free
So you're gonna be talked about
Everybody knows that you've loved once
They think you'll love again
You can't have a male friend
When you're a has-been or a woman
You're rated X

And if you're rated X
You're some kind of gold
Even men turning silver try to make
But I think it's wrong
To judge every picture
If a cheap camera makes a mistake

And when your best friend's husband
Says to you
You've sure started looking good
You shoulda known he would
And he would if he could
And he will if you're rated X

Well, nobody knows
Where you're going
But they sure know where you've been
All they're thinking of
Is your experience of love
Oh, their minds eat up with sin

The women all look at you like you're bad
The men all hope you are
But if you go too far
You're gonna wear the scar
Of a woman rated X

And if you're rated X
You're some kind of gold
That even men turning silver try to make
But I think it's wrong
To judge every picture
If a cheap camera makes a mistake

And when your best friend's husband
Says to you
You've sure started looking good
You shoulda known he would
And he would if he could
And he will if you're rated X

Why us women don't have a chance?
Cause if you've been married
You can't have no fun at all
No, you're rated X
No matter what you do
They're gonna talk about you
Look down their noses
I, I don't know what to think about it

Authors: Loretta Lynn