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“Woman” is the second single from John Lennon’s 1980 album Double Fantasy. It was written as a tribute to his second wife Yoko Ono. Lennon called it the “grown up version” of the Beatles song “Girl”.
In the UK, Lennon’s 1975 song “Imagine” had re-charted and shot up to at #1 soon after he was murde...
[Intro]
(For the other half of the sky)
[Verse 1]
Woman
I can hardly express
My mixed emotions at my thoughtlessness
After all, I'm forever in your debt
And woman
I will try to express
My inner feelings and thankfulness
For showing me the meaning of success
[Chorus]
Ooh, well, well
Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
Ooh, well, well
Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
[Verse 2]
Woman, I know you understand
The little child inside the man
Please remember my life is in your hands
And woman
Hold me close to your heart
However distant, don't keep us apart
After all, it is written in the stars
[Chorus]
Ooh, well, well
Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
Ooh, well, well
Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, well
[Verse 3]
Woman
Please let me explain
I never meant to cause you sorrow or pain
So let me tell you again and again and again
[Outro]
I love you, yeah, yeah
Now and forever
I love you, yeah, yeah
Now and forever
I love you, yeah, yeah
Now and forever
I love you, yeah, yeah
Woman was written by John Lennon.
Woman was produced by Jack Douglas & Yoko Ono & John Lennon.
John Lennon released Woman on Mon Jan 12 1981.
Lennon shared with Rolling Stone shortly before his 1980 death:
‘Woman’ came about because, one sunny afternoon in Bermuda, it suddenly hit me what women do for us. Not just what my Yoko does for me, although I was thinking in those personal terms… but any truth is universal. What dawned on me was...