Sometimes a Woman Dont Need No Man

Once I wanted a woman
So I just had to tell her
She said wait I got a thing to say
Well then give it to me straight 
I don’t roll that way
You know you got to explain

She said a man aint what I need
She said a man can’t play my game
A man can’t be my world
For this I feel no shame

People let me tell you somthin 
I learned a great deal that day
You know a fish may need the water
And legs might need the land 
But sometimes a woman don’t need no man

I put my hands in my pockets 
Hung my head and walked away 
You know I looked back and saw
That girl kiss another lady 
This it filled me up
With a new kind of blues
I have my heart stolen by a girl
And I have had a girl stolen by a man
But I never had no girl stolen by a lesbian 

People let me tell you somthin 
I learned a great deal that day
You know a fish may need the water
And legs might need the land 
But sometimes let me tell ya a woman don’t need no man
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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June 11, 2015 at 10:10 AM
Every now and then I could hear a trumpet blasting out in the background and see a blue singer wrapped around the standing microphone...with the crowds roaring...I enjoyed thoroughly ..
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