Allen Toussaint
Allen Toussaint
Allen Toussaint
Allen Toussaint
Allen Toussaint
Allen Toussaint
Allen Toussaint
Allen Toussaint
Allen Toussaint
Allen Toussaint
[Verse 1]
So you think the woman's crazy
She eat up your lies like it's good to her
(Eat up your lies like apple pie)
(And she don't even cry)
She is not a fool
She's just tryin' to do what her heart says to
To love you
[Pre-Chorus]
As you take to the wind
(To the wind again she breaks down)
And as she breaks down within
(Within, within, within)
She waits for you patiently
Hopin' that someday you'll see
That all she really wants to be
Is yours and yours alone eternally
[Chorus]
What do you want the girl to do?
Don't you see you're breakin' the child in two?
What do you want the girl to do?
All she really wants is you
[Verse 2]
She knows what you are
Still she'll be your queen if you let her
(You say the word today)
If you let her
(And build your world around her)
Now and then, you'll promise
All the way-out things you're goin' to get her
(You will see, you will be)
Save her, she knows better
(So damn glad you found her, found her)
[Pre-Chorus]
Afraid to go
And as she watched you come and go
(For your show)
As she watched your promises erode
She waits for you patiently
Hopin' that someday you'll see
That all she really wants to be
Is yours and yours alone, eternally
[Chorus]
What do you want the girl to do?
Don't you know you're breakin' the child in two?
What do you want the girl to do?
All she really wants is you
What do you want the girl to do?
Can't you see you're breakin' the child in two?
What do you want the girl to do?
All she really wants is you
What Do You Want the Girl to Do? was written by Allen Toussaint.
What Do You Want the Girl to Do? was produced by Allen Toussaint & Marshall Sehorn.