Lyrics to
I’ve Never Been A Woman Before

This version of I’Ve Never Been A Woman Before was released by Barbra Streisand in 1974.

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He touched me in the sun
I somehow knew
I’d been the only one
How wonderful the moment
When the boy became a man
You warmed me in the night
And you taught me
How to feel
But it all would seem unreal to try
And go back there again
We walked away from time
I’d like to keep the moment
That was mine
I’d like to touch the man
I met just once
Before I go
Oh I’ve been to many places
And I’ve opened every door
I’ve done everything a girl could do and more
But I’ve never been a woman before
No, I’ve never been a woman before…

Barbra Streisand has released many songs over the years besides I’Ve Never Been A Woman Before. Barbra Streisand released songs from 1962 to 2005 spanning across albums like Pins And Needles, The Barbra Streisand Album, The Second Barbra Streisand Album, People, The Third Album, Funny Girl, My Name Is Barbra, My Name Is Barbra, Two, Je M'Appelle Barbra, Color Me Barbra, Simply Streisand, A Christmas Album, A Happening In Central Park, What About Today?, Hello, Dolly!, On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, Barbra Joan Streisand, Stoney End, Barbra Streisand...And Other Musical Instruments, The Way We Were, ButterFly, Funny Lady, Lazy Afternoon, Classical Barbra, A Star Is Born, Streisand Superman, Songbird, Wet, The Main Event: A Glove Story, Guilty, Yentl, Emotion, The Broadway Album, Till I Loved You, Higher Ground, A Love Like Ours, Christmas Memories, Duets, The Movie Album, and Guilty Pleasures. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Barbra Streisand.

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The lyrics for I’Ve Never Been A Woman Before are defined as the words making up the song released by Barbra Streisand in 1974. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to I’Ve Never Been A Woman Before have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Barbra Streisand and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to I’Ve Never Been A Woman Before by Barbra Streisand if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to I’Ve Never Been A Woman Before" means the words set to the music of I’Ve Never Been A Woman Before, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Barbra Streisand. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to I’Ve Never Been A Woman Before and the lyrics to I’Ve Never Been A Woman Before are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Barbra Streisand who came here looking just for the lyrics to I’Ve Never Been A Woman Before, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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