I hadn’t written anything new for a while. Sort of happens to me, especially when I get working on other things, or when life gets in the way. Lord knows there’s been enough of that lately. I’ll put off encouraging myself to write, but sometimes songs just push themelves into being. This was one of a pair that came out of the blue. I’ve played it a couple of times, and folks approved. Okay, I guess I’ll keep it. I’ve got a melody in mind, but it really is a straight-ahead blues thing, so as promised here are the words, make of it what you will. Just remember not to point it at anybody, that’s not polite. Written for so many friends of all persuasion. Like all good songs, apparently it’s a true story.
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She says I can’t do nothin’, and I don’t do nothin’ right
Maybe there’s nothin’ doin’, just the way it is tonight
Just like a man, yeah, yeah, yeah
There’s only one thing I know I understand
I like a woman, who likes a man
Some people think I’m crazy, some people they just laugh
Some people they don’t know what to think, ’cause I sure ain’t no better half
Just like a man, yeah, yeah, yeah
There’s only one thing I know I understand
I like a woman, who likes a man
Not because you buy her trinkets, or drive a fancy car
Not because of some attitude, just ’cause of what you are
She likes a man, yeah, yeah, yeah
There’s more than one thing you know she understands
… but she likes a man
So, she says I can’t do nothin’, leastways nothin’ right
Maybe there’s nothin’ doin’, it’s just the way it is tonight
Just like a man, yeah, yeah, yeah
There’s only one thing I know I understand
I like a woman, who likes a man