W-O-M-A-N

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Etta James

Etta James (born Jamesetta Hawkins; January 25, 1938 – January 20, 2012) was an American singer. Her style spanned a variety of music genres including blues, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, soul, gospel and jazz. Starting her career in 1954, she gained fame with hits such as "Roll With Me, Henry", "At Last", "Tell Mama", "Something's Got a Hold on Me", and "I'd Rather Go Blind" for which she wrote the lyrics. She faced a number of personal problems, including drug addiction, before making a musical resurgence in the late 1980s with the album The Seven Year Itch. more »


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Oh, oh, oh yeah, oh

Talking about you, a man
Always ready to go
When it come to movin' daddy
Baby, you're almost gold
Oh, oh, oh

I'm a W.O.M.A.N.
A woman
A woman

You ain't got nothin' in your pocket
To keep no girl alive
But she got somethin' for all you men
Somethin' to make you cry
Ha, ow, ow, ow

I'm a W.O.M.A.N.
A woman, yeah
A woman

Now Davy Crockett
He was the king of the wild frontier
I'd take him down
If he had his old dead self here

Now Jesse James and Frank James
Baddest men in the land
We got some women, who'd make 'em eat now
Out of your hand

Now John Dillinger
The woman in red got him
Now teach all you hardies about a W.O.M.A.N.

Ow, ow, ow

I'm a W O M one A and a N
A woman
A woman

I'm a woman child
And I ain't lyin'
For sure I'm a woman, yeah
And I ain't hardly died yet

Woman
One little rib tickle
From the side of bed, yeah, yeah
They call us woman

Oh, yeah
Oh, oh yeah

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Written by: ABBY MALLORY, DOROTHY HAWKINS, JEAN MITCHELL, ETTA JAMES

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

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