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{{Song
|name = Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves
|image = 
|singers = [[Yeardley Smith]]<br>[[Ann Wilson]]<br>[[Nancy Wilson]]<br>[[Julie Kavner]]
|characters = [[Lisa Simpson]]<br>[[Patty Bouvier]]<br>[[Selma Bouvier]]
|length = 4:00
|writer = [[Annie Lennox]]<br>{{ap|Dave Stewart|musician}}
|album = ''[[The Yellow Album]]''
|appearance = 
}}
{{for2|the comic story|Bartman - Part Two: Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves}}
'''"Sisters are Doin' It for Themselves"''' is the second track on ''[[The Yellow Album]]''. It is sung by [[Lisa]] with help from [[Ann Wilson|Ann]] and [[Nancy Wilson]] from the rock band Heart and her [[Patty Bouvier|Aunt Patty]] and [[Selma Bouvier|Aunt Selma]]. 

== Lyrics ==
:'''Lisa:'''
:''I'm so excited, this is great!''

:Now there was a time
:When we used to say-ay
:That behind every great man
:There had to be a great woman.

:'''Ann Wilson:'''
:Oh, times have changed.
:You know it's no longer true.

:'''Nancy Wilson:'''
:We're comin' out in the kitchen, 
:'Cause there's something we forgot to say to you!

:'''Lisa, Ann and Nancy Wilson:'''
:Sisters are doin' it for themselves.

:'''Lisa:'''
:''Oh, yeah!''

:'''Nancy Wilson:'''
:Standin' on their own two feet
:And ringing on their own bells

:'''Lisa, Ann and Nancy Wilson:'''
:Sisters are doin' it for themselves.

:'''Lisa:'''
:Now this is a song
:To celebrate...

:'''Lisa and Nancy Wilson:'''
:The conscious liberation
:Of the female state.

:'''Ann Wilson:'''
:Mama and her daughter,
:And all of their daughters too...

:'''Lisa and Ann Wilson:'''
:Woman to woman...

:'''Ann Wilson:'''
:We're all singing along with you.

:'''Lisa, Ann and Nancy Wilson:'''
:Sisters are doin' it for themselves.

:'''Lisa:'''
:Standin' on their own two feet
:And ringing on their own bells

:'''Lisa, Ann and Nancy Wilson:'''
:Sisters are doin' it for themselves.

:'''Nancy Wilson:'''
:We ain't makin' stories,
:No, we ain't layin' plans,
:A man still loves a woman
:And a woman still loves a man, yeah!

:(''guitar solo'')

:'''Lisa:'''
:''This is incredible! Female power!''

:'''Lisa, Ann and Nancy Wilson:'''
:Sisters are doin' it for themselves.

:'''Lisa:'''
:The inferior sex
:Has got a new exterior.

:'''Ann and Nancy Wilson:'''
:We got doctors and lawyers...

:'''Ann Wilson:'''
:And politicians, too, yeah!
:Hey now, everybody,
:Take a look around!

:'''Lisa, Ann and Nancy Wilson:'''
:Can you see, can you see, can you see me?

:'''Ann Wilson:'''
:There's a woman standin' right next to you! 

:'''Lisa, Ann and Nancy Wilson:'''
:Sisters are doin' it for themselves.
:Standin' on their own two feet
:And ringing on their own bells

:'''Lisa:'''
:''Aunt Patty, Aunt Selma, come sing!''

:'''Lisa, Ann and Nancy Wilson, Patty and Selma:'''
:Sisters are doin' it for themselves.

:'''Nancy Wilson:'''
:Yeah!

:'''Lisa, Ann and Nancy Wilson, Patty and Selma:'''
:Standin' on their own two feet
:And ringing on their own bells

:'''Patty and Selma:'''
:'''Oh yeah!''

:'''Lisa, Ann and Nancy Wilson, Patty and Selma:'''
:Sisters are doin' it for themselves.

:'''Ann Wilson:'''
:Ooh! Ooh! Yeah!

:'''Lisa, Ann and Nancy Wilson, Patty and Selma:'''
:Sisters are doin' it for themselves.

:'''Patty and Selma:'''
:''Yeah! Yeah!''

:'''Lisa, Ann and Nancy Wilson, Patty and Selma:'''
:Sisters are doin' it for themselves.

:'''Nancy Wilson:'''
:Do it by myself!

:(''repeat until fade'')

== Behind the Laughter ==
The song is a cover of "{{W|Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves}}" by the {{W|Eurythmics}} and [[Aretha Franklin]].

== Appearances ==
*{{alb|The Yellow Album}}

{{The Yellow Album}}

[[Category:Cover songs]]
[[Category:Songs by Lisa]]
[[Category:Songs by Patty and Selma]]
[[Category:Songs by Yeardley Smith]]
[[Category:Songs by Julie Kavner]]