tammy wynette lyrics
"a woman’s needs"
duet: tammy wynette & elton john

[tammy]
where have you been are you still on my side
is that love or regret that i see in your eyes
how many years have we played out this game
every time we come close the answer’s always the same

[elton]
i guess some souls get restless under the skin
there’s a shortage by half of marrying men
you know that i love you but i love to be free
so tell me what do you want, yeah from a gypsy like me

[tammy]
i need a ring on my finger, champagne on ice
one man to show me the best part of life

[elton]
is that what you want

[tammy]
yeah, that’s what i need

[together]
a home and a family makes sense for us

[tammy]
a solid foundation built out of trust

[elton]
do you think you can find that with someone like me?

[tammy]
two arms to hold you, one place to be
are just some of the things that a woman needs

i’ve been shortchanged and cheated so many times
but you’re all that i’ve wanted for all of my life

[elton]
i’ve searched for the reasons, known how i’ve felt
but what can i give you when i can’t trust myself

[tammy]
i need a ring on my finger, champagne on ice
one man to show me the best part of life

[elton]
is that what you want

[tammy]
yeah, that’s what i need
[together]
a home and a family makes sense for us

[tammy]
a solid foundation built out of trust

[elton]
do you think you can find that with someone like me?

[tammy]
two arms to hold you, one place to be
are just some of the things that a woman needs
[together]
two arms to hold you, one place to be
are just some of the things that a woman needs x3

music by elton john
lyrics by bernie taupin

i don’t know why
i just know i do
i just can’t explain
in this language that i use
something leaves me speechless
each time that you approach
each time you glide right through me
as if i was a ghost

if i only could tell you
if you only would listen
i’ve got a line or two to use on you
i’ve got a romance we could christen

and there’s a word in spanish i don’t understand
but i heard it in a film one time spoken by the leading man
he said it with devotion, he sounded so sincere
and the words he spoke in spanish brought the female lead to tears
a word in spanish, a word in spanish

if you can’t comprehend
read it in my eyes
if you don’t understand it’s love
in a thin disguise
and what it takes to move you
each time that you resist
is more than just a pretty face
to prove that i exist

when manners make no difference
and my gifts all lay undone
i trade my accent in on chance
and fall back on a foreign tongue

written by william monk and h.f. lyte

abide with me, fast forth the eventide
the darkness deepens, lord abide with me
when other helpers fail and comforts flee
help of the helpless, o abide with me

i fear no foe, with thee at hand to bless
ills have no weight and tears no bitterness
where is death’s sting, where, grave, that victory
i triumph still if thou abide with me

hold thou thy cross before my closed eyes
shine through the gloom and point me to the skies
heaven’s morning breaks, and earth’s vain shadows flee
in life, in death, o lord abide with me
in life, in death, o lord abide with me

duet with millie jackson
music by elton john
lyrics by bernie taupin

this ain’t no battle honey, this ain’t no fight
how come you take it so hard when i stay out all night
if i take a drink, is that against the law
and if i have a good time, do you call that an act of war

well you better believe it boy, this house is your home
i didn’t build it up for you to live here on my own
and if you think it’s easy to forget about me
you’d better think twice, you’d better believe it’s an act of war

we’re living on the front line you and me
fighting on this battleground of misery
oh go ahead bring on your artillery
and we’ll make this an act of war
give it all you’ve got `cause i’m all dug in
keep the punches coming i can take them on the chin
winner takes all, let the best man win
and we call it an act of war

well i’m a man of convenience i work a long hard day
after twelve long hours ain’t i got the right to play
if living together is getting in the way
then i call that an act of war

well if that’s your game then honey two can play
i’m going on the town tonight and have some fun my way
ain’t no way baby this girl’s gonna stay
i call it, i call it an act of war

and it looks like time ain’t been on our side
if we could turn the clock back
we might survive this act of war

duet with marcella detroit
written by nickolas ashford and valerie simpson

ain’t nothing like the real thing, baby
ain’t nothing like the real thing
ain’t nothing like the real thing, baby
ain’t nothing like the real thing

i got your picture hanging on my wall
but it can’t seem to come to me
when i call your name
i realized it’s just a picture in a frame

i read your letters but you’re not here
they don’t move me, they don’t groove me
like when i hear
your sweet voice whispering in my ear

i play my games of fantasy
i pretend i don’t see reality
i need the shelter of your arms to comfort me

i got some memories to look back on
though they help me when you’re gone
i’m well aware
nothing can take the place of you being there

no other sound is quite the same as your name
no touch can do half as much
to make me feel better
let’s stay together

i’m so
so glad we got the real thing, baby
so glad we got the real thing
ain’t nothing like the real thing, baby
ain’t nothing like the real thing