"Women Take the Law Into Their Own Hands" Songs

How about a close call? (she has second thoughts in the end):



"Shoulder Holster" - Elton John

 

Miss Piggy threatens Kermit The Frog on the first Muppet Show album that unless she gets to perform she will S.Y.F.F.I.T.F.*
He complies with her wish.




(* "Stomp your froggy face into the floor!")

 

Does this count? Maintaining plausible deniability:

 

Hurray For The Riff Raff – The Body Electric Lyrics | Genius Lyrics
Not strictly about the subject but a criticism of violence against women and the way songs are written about it

 

depending on your interpretation...

 

Woman is defrauded into forfeiting her virtue. Turns to the dark arts to find justice:

 

Video for the body electric

 

Conspiracy to take the law into your own hands.

 

Barbara Allen!

The careless spurning of the man who truly loved her was a crime, I tells ya!

 

Hey Jo ?

 

She's got the both the defendant and the judge in her pocket...

 

How about "Pirate Jenny" writtten by Nina Simone, also performed by Judy Collins


You people can watch while I'm scrubbing these floors
And I'm scrubbin' the floors while you're gawking
Maybe once ya tip me and it makes ya feel swell
In this crummy Southern town
In this crummy old hotel
But you'll never guess to who you're talkin'.
No. You couldn't ever guess to who you're talkin'.
Then one night there's a scream in the night
And you'll wonder who could that have been
And you see me kinda grinnin' while I'm scrubbin'
And you say, "What's she got to grin?"
I'll tell you.
There's a ship
The Black Freighter
With a skull on its masthead
Will be coming in
You gentlemen can say, "Hey gal, finish them floors!
Get upstairs! What's wrong with you! Earn your keep here!
You toss me your tips
And look out to the ships
But I'm counting your heads
As I'm making the beds
Cuz there's nobody gonna sleep here, honey
Nobody
Nobody!
Then one night there's a scream in the night
And you say, "Who's that kicking up a row?"
And ya see me kinda starin' out the winda
And you say, "What's she got to stare at now?"
I'll tell ya.
There's a ship
The Black Freighter
Turns around in the harbor
Shootin' guns from her bow
Now
You gentlemen can wipe off that smile off your face
Cause every building in town is a flat one
This whole frickin' place will be down to the ground
Only this cheap hotel standing up safe and sound
And you yell, "Why do they spare that one?"
Yes.
That's what you say.
"Why do they spare that one?"
All the night through, through the noise and to-do
You wonder who is that person that lives up there?
And you see me stepping out in the morning
Looking nice with a ribbon in my hair
And the ship
The Black Freighter
Runs a flag up its masthead
And a cheer rings the air
By noontime the dock
Is a-swarmin' with men
Comin' out from the ghostly freighter
They move in the shadows
Where no one can see
And they're chainin' up people
And they're bringin' em to me
Askin' me,
"Kill them NOW, or LATER?"
Askin' ME!
"Kill them now, or later?"
Noon by the clock
And so still by the dock
You can hear a foghorn miles away
And in that quiet of death
I'll say, "Right now.
Right now!"
Then they'll pile up the bodies
And I'll say,
"That'll learn ya!"
And the ship
The Black Freighter
Disappears out to sea
And
On
It
Is
Me

 

Well, maybe ya can't take a man to court for sneakin' around behind your back, but apparently trashing a truck is an empowering stand for women's dignity worthy of Rosa Parks, down at the Black-Eye Saloon.

Redneck Feminism at its' finest:

 

Cher - Dark Lady

 

This one came to mind immediately: Thin Line Between Love And Hate.

 

The video for Lily Allen's "Smile" extrapolates on the lyrics somewhat. Vinyl collectors here may wish to avert their eyes.

Edit: Breach of promise is a civil tort under British common law...

 

The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun - Julie Brown

 

Martin Carthy, Stitch in Time



The drunk of a husband gets it...

 

Pistol Packin Mama

 

This one counts?

 

"Lizzie Borden" - The Chad Mitchell Trio.