When it comes to women's fight for equal footing in the country music business, Dierks Bentley is on the right side of history. He goes beyond questioning why women don't get played on the radio by taking talented ladies on tour. For example, his current Burning Man Tour features Tenille Townes.
Recently, The Highwomen brought a little levity without undermining a serious situation with "Redesigning Women" and its star-studded music video. Bentley got in on the fun soon after with a dramatic reading of the song's lyrics.
For his big performance, Bentley dressed like Alistair Cooke of Masterpiece Theatre—or Alistair Cookie from Sesame Street, depending on your point of reference. The entire presentation made for a fun and clever way for a big name to point his loyal fan base to country music's newest supergroup.
Read More: Hear Country Supergroup The Highwomen's Anthemic Debut Single "Redesigning Women"
"Redesigning Women" appears on the self-titled debut album of Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris, Natalie Hemby and Amanda Shires' shared project.
Here's the lyrics, in case you want to don your smoking jacket and read along with Bentley.
"Redesigning Women" Lyrics:
Full time livin' on a half-time schedule
Always tryin' to make everybody feel special
Learning when to brake and when to hit the pedal
Working hard to look good 'til we die
A critical reason there's a population
Raising our brows in a new generation
Rosie the Riveter with renovations
And always gets better with wine
Redesigning women
Running the world while we're cleaning up the kitchen
Making bank, shaking hands, driving 80
Trying to get home just to feed the baby
Skipping the bread for the butter
Changing our minds like we change our hair color
Ever since the beginnin' we been redesigning women
Pullin' up the floors and changing out the curtains
Some of us are saints and some of us are surgeons
Made in God's image, just a better version
And breaking every Jell-O mold
And when we love someone we take 'em to heaven
And if the shoe fits we're gonna buy 11
How we get it done we like to keep 'em guessing
But secretly we all know
Redesigning women
Running the world while we're cleaning up the kitchen
Making bank, shaking hands, driving 80
Trying to get home just to feed the baby
Skipping the bread for the butter
Changing our minds like we change our hair color
Ever since the beginnin' we been redesigning women
How do we do it?
How do we do it?
Making it up as we go along
How do we do it?
How do we do it?
Half way right and half way wrong
Redesigning women
Running the world while we're cleaning up the kitchen
Making bank, shaking hands, driving 80
Trying to get home just to feed the baby
Skipping the bread for the butter
Changing our minds like we change our hair color
Ever since the beginnin' we been redesigning women
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