I'm in a whole lot of trouble
And I been here before
You know, I'm a hard lovin' woman
Who needs a hard lovin' man
One who can stick around, baby
One who won't walk out that door
'Cause I'm a hard lovin' woman baby
And I just can't find a lovin' man
Who can take me no more, please
Now society's got no place for me
And I talked to my father, yeah
And he says to me, now, now, now, now
Listen, listen, listen, listen little girl
You better sit down
You better take a look around
And get a hold of yourself woman
And embrace what you've become
'Cause you're too much for them
And I said, "Aw papa, papa, papa, papa, papa
Papa, please aw, I'm a hard lovin' woman"
And that's all I am and I need a hard lovin' man
Who's gonna take me home now
I been on the outside for so long
And it can be a cold, cold world
And there ain't no place for me in it
No doubt about that
Oh but child, child, child please
You gotta get a hold of yourself, woman
And just tell them what you feel, yeah
Aw yeah but I say, I know there's a man for me
One who can understand me
One who can understand my needs
And just, just take care of me
I know it's gotta be true
Or there ain't no God for me
And I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
It's too much but, but I'm a
I'm a hard lovin' woman yes I am
Who needs a hard lovin' man