Story Behind The Song
We had a brief but heavy affair while I was separated, and later in life got together after many years apart, and he did NOT 'return the favors' of a relationship--like 'saying he loved me', or sleeping in the same bed, etc....and he realld DID say " I need a woman---"and the story goes on...
Song Description
lost-love ballad with many catchy phrases and "personal information" known only to the characters ("me and the guy I broke up with")...
Song Length |
3:40 |
Genre |
Pop - General, Pop - Rock |
Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
Mood |
Nonviolent, Troubled |
Subject |
Lost Love, Breaking Up |
Similar Artists |
Heart, Melissa Etheridge |
Language |
English |
Era |
1990 - 1999 |
| |
Lyrics
Chorus: (*only)
'When you said you needed a woman
I told you Ineeded a man
How come we never specified what we wanted
Now we have to say goodbye again..."