# Song with "What was I THINKing?" inserted?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-with-what-was-i-thinking-inserted/749266
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [March 17, 2016, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-with-what-was-i-thinking-inserted/749266 "2016-03-17T15:31:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2016, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-with-what-was-i-thinking-inserted/749266/1 "2016-03-17T15:31:58Z")
A number of years ago, a woman wrote and sang a song that had that refrain in it. It was funny and poignant at the same time, as she stops in mid-verse and sort of whines and really sounds like she’s trying to figure out her strange behavior - with guys - as she asks this question. As I remember, she’s questioning why girls do such stupid things to be attractive to men. I’ve searched YouTube and elsewhere and all I can find is some guy who wrote a song with that title. Can anyone help me find the song I’m referring to? Thanks. xo,
C.
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### Author:  [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2016, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-with-what-was-i-thinking-inserted/749266/2 "2016-03-17T15:38:47Z")
Christine Lavin.
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### Author:  [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2016, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-with-what-was-i-thinking-inserted/749266/3 "2016-03-17T15:40:43Z")
I can’t quite put my finger on it, but istm Pink has a song where she says that.
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### Author:  [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2016, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-with-what-was-i-thinking-inserted/749266/4 "2016-03-17T15:49:23Z")
Christine Lavin. Beautiful! Thank you!
Is this a great site, or what?
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### Author:  [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2016, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-with-what-was-i-thinking-inserted/749266/5 "2016-03-17T16:25:19Z")
It’s on her album _Live at the Cactus Cafe_ – twice.
> **[Christine Lavin - Live At The Cactus Cafe -- What Was I Thinking? - Amazon.com...](https://www.amazon.com/Live-Cactus-Cafe-What-Thinking/dp/B0000003UM)**
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> Christine Lavin - Live At The Cactus Cafe -- What Was I Thinking? - Amazon.com Music
You can also find her performing it on YouTube:
In retrospect, I find that many of her songs take on new, unintended meanings. It's particularly funny in this song when she sings about Bruce Jenner (and, in the second version on that album, has Bruce or a sound-alike speaking a line)
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### Author:  [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2016, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-with-what-was-i-thinking-inserted/749266/6 "2016-03-17T16:33:46Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#):
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> I can’t quite put my finger on it, but istm Pink has a song where she says that.
In the song “Perfect” she says, “Why do I do that?”
It was my first thought when I saw the thread too.
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### Author:  [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-with-what-was-i-thinking-inserted/749266/7 "2016-03-17T18:03:44Z")
> [@MoonMoon](#):
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> In the song “Perfect” she says, “Why do I do that?”
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> It was my first thought when I saw the thread too.
Ding ding ding! Thank you; I’ve been mentally chewing on this since the thread started.
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2016, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-with-what-was-i-thinking-inserted/749266/8 "2016-03-18T02:38:02Z")
There’s this Dierks Bentley song, too (music starts at 0:43): [Dierks Bentley - What Was I Thinkin' - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTqra4YSsaM)