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If I Can't Be Your Woman
Bettye LaVette
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Young girls think love can be found in a night
But a woman knows that true love comes but one time in her life
From the moment I saw you
I knew it was time
That my life would be empty
Until I made you mine
But you said you were taken
And you walked away
But I know you felt something
When you heard me say
If I can't be your woman
Won't you please be my friend?
You don't have to caress me
Just hold my hand
If I can't be your woman
Won't you please be my friend?
You're the one that I need, my love
Oh, I wish I knew the right words to make you change your mind
I would send them with flowers
I would write them all down in rhyme
I don't know where you've been
I can't tell where you'll be
But I want you to remember
If you ever get free
So until then, be happy
Go on your way
And the words that you heard are still true today
If I can't be your woman
Won't you please be my friend?
You don't have to caress me
Just hold my hand
If I can't be your woman
Won't you please be my friend?
You're the one that I need, my love
If I can't be your woman
Won't you please be my friend?
You don't have to caress me
I just want you to hold my hand
If I can't be your woman
Won't you please be my friend?
The one that I need
Oh, my love