Nellie Bly Songtext
von Ellis Paul

Nellie Bly, Nellie Bly
The world could be yours if you try, if you try

Nellie Bly was just a girl
Born into a world where little girls barely mattered
See, even women couldn′t vote, their jobs just left them broke
Sewing clothes and stirring batter
Well, Nellie didn't think it was right
She took up a pen to fight for women′s rights
And she told the whole world what it's all about

Nellie Bly, Nellie Bly
The world could be yours if you try, if you try
Nellie Bly, Nellie Bly
The world could be yours if you try, if you try


Nellie Bly, she was sly
And like a private eye, she went undercover
Into a woman's mental ward, see, her pen was like a sword
She played sick to be among the others
Because the patients, they weren′t being treated right
She stayed in there for ten long days and nights
And then she told the whole world what it′s all about

Nellie Bly, Nellie Bly
The world could be yours if you try, if you try
Nellie Bly, Nellie Bly
The world could be yours if you try, if you try

Nellie Bly was just a girl
In a race around the world
Taking trains and ships on steam power
She sailed the China Sea with her little pet monkey
Meeting kings and getting flowers
Arabia, Hong Kong, Singapore
In 72 days, she was on American shores
Telling the whole wide world what it's all about


Nellie Bly, Nellie Bly
The world could be yours if you try, if you try
Nellie Bly, Nellie Bly
The world could be yours if you try, if you try
Nellie Bly, Nellie Bly
The world could be yours if you try, if you try
Nellie Bly, Nellie Bly
The world could be yours if you try, if you try