I've Never Been A Woman Before chords by Esther Phillips
Verse 1
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The wise ones love to say
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I wasn't born yesterday.
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But the funny thing is, we always are,
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in a matter of speaking.
And growing up can take a whole lot of time,
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or it can happen in just one moment.
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I know, it seems like only yesterday,
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I was standing on the corner
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waiting for the bus like I do every morning,
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and I felt his eyes on me,
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and I looked at him,
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I just couldn't help it,
and they were deep brown
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an d somehow full of sunshine.
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Now I don't know if you've ever seen
the eyes that were full of sunshine,
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well his were.
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And he was so fine, solid, busting out, and eager,
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and shy, and strong, and looking down at me.
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I felt, I felt right then
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like I'd never felt before,
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standing back in his seat, y 'all.
We got on the bus,
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and there was just one seat left, and I sat down,
and he stood right over me,
pretending to read
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with those sunny, shiny eyes of his.
The bus jolted
and he stepped on my foot
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I said, ouch, he said he was sorry
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And from that moment on we've
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never looked back
Soon it was the Saturday
night movement
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Evenings to dance or
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dream or just relax
We saw flowers growing in the
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cracks and dirty sidewalks
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And we heard birds singing in
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the steel and concrete walls
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Me and Mr. Sunshine
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Sometimes I still imagine
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I see flowers
Growing in the cracks
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of the dirty, dirty sidewalks
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You touch me in the sun
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I somehow knew I'd be the
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only one
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How wonderful
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the moment
When the boy became a man
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You warned me in the night
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And you taught me how to feel
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But it all would seem unreal
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To try and go back there
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again
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We walked away from town
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I'd like to keep the moment
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that was mine
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I'd like to touch the man
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I met just once before I go
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Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,
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whoa, whoa, whoa.
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I've been to many places and I've opened,
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I've opened every single door.
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I've done everything
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a girl could do,
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and believe me, I want you to know
I've done so much, so much,
so much, so much more.
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Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
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I've never been a woman before.
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No, no, no, I never,
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I'll tell you, I've never, never been a woman
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I ain't never had nobody to love me,
hug me and hold me
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Before I ain't never
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Never had nobody to lay me down
And give me one of those good
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old rubdowns
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Never, never
Cause it's so good when
you lay me down
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and give me that, oh, that rub down
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You make me feel just like a woman
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You make me feel so good
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And I've never
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No, I've never been a woman before you
I've Never Been A Woman Before
Esther Phillips
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