Lyrics to
Just Like A Woman

This version of Just Like A Woman was released by Nina Simone in 1971.

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I take
just like a woman
Yes I do
And I make love
just like a woman
and I ache
just like a woman
but I break
like a little girl

Nobody here feels any pain
tonight as I stand inside the rain
And no one has to guess
that baby’s got new clothes
Lately I see her ribbons and her bows
and the problems
from her curls

I take
just like a woman…

It was raining from the first
and I was dying her of thirst
That’s why I came here
and a long time’s curse
and what’s worse
is this pain in here
I can’t stay in here
Ain’t it clear
Ain’t it clear

I must admit
I believe it’s time for me to quit
And until we meet again
bein’ introduced as friends
please don’t let on
that you knew me when
I was hungry
and it was your world

I take
just like a woman….

Nobody feels any pain
Tonight as I stand here in the rain.
Everybody knows that baby’s got new clothes,
But lately I see her ribbons and her bows
Have fallen from her curls.

She takes just like a woman.
She makes love just like a woman.
And then she aches just like a woman.
But she breaks just like a little girl.

Queen Mary, she’s my friend.
Yes I believe I’ll go see her again.
Nobody has to guess that baby can’t be blessed
‘Till she finally sees that she’s like all the rest
With her fog, her amphetamines, and her pearls.

She takes just like a woman.
She makes love just like a woman.
And then she aches just like a woman.
But she breaks just like a little girl.

It raining at first, and I was dying there of thirst,
So I came in here.
And your long-time curse hurts, but what’s worse
Is this pain in here.
I can’t stay in here.
Ain’t it clear…

That I just can’t fit.
I believe it’s time for us to quit.
But when we met again and are introduced as friends,
Please don’t let on that you knew me when
I was hungry, and it was your world.

You take just like a woman.
You make love just like a woman.
And then you ache just like a woman.
But you break just like a little girl.

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About Lyrics and Just Like A Woman by Nina Simone

The lyrics for Just Like A Woman are defined as the words making up the song released by Nina Simone in 1971. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Just Like A Woman have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Nina Simone 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 Just Like A Woman by Nina Simone 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 Just Like A Woman" means the words set to the music of Just Like A Woman, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Nina Simone. 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 Just Like A Woman and the lyrics to Just Like A Woman are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Nina Simone who came here looking just for the lyrics to Just Like A Woman, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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