Loretta Lynn was married at 13, had four kids before she was 18,and two more before she released the pill in 1975 to predictable controversy. Casey N. Cep explains: "A song like “The Pill” would still raise eyebrows today, not because the pill isn’t taken daily by millions of women, but because it says candidly what so many women are expected not to acknowledge, much less advertise." 

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See the lyrics below:

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You wined me and dined me
When I was your girl
Promised if I'd be your wife
You'd show me the world
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But all I've seen of this old world
Is a bed and a doctor bill
I'm tearin' down your brooder house
'Cause now I've got the pill
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All these years I've stayed at home
While you had all your fun
And every year thats gone by
Another babys come
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There's a gonna be some changes made
Right here on nursery hill
You've set this chicken your last time
'Cause now I've got the pill
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This old maternity dress I've got
Is goin' in the garbage
The clothes I'm wearin' from now on
Won't take up so much yardage
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Miniskirts, hot pants and a few little fancy frills
Yeah I'm makin' up for all those years
Since I've got the pill
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I'm tired of all your crowin'
How you and your hens play
While holdin' a couple in my arms
Another's on the way
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This chicken's done tore up her nest
And I'm ready to make a deal
And ya can't afford to turn it down
'Cause you know I've got the pill
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This incubator is overused
Because you've kept it filled
The feelin' good comes easy now
Since I've got the pill
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It's gettin' dark it's roostin' time
Tonight's too good to be real
Oh but daddy don't you worry none
'Cause mama's got the pill
Oh daddy don't you worry none
'Cause mama's got the pill

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