TAKE IT LIKE A MAN
(Tony Haselden)


Michelle Wright - 1992





Boy meets girl, it's a delicate thing 
So much time spent wondering 
If what you see is what you get
I keep looking for a friend and a lover
When I find one, he ain't the other
Sometimes I just want a quit

One wants a maid, one needs his mother
They either want space or they want to smother me 
And my poor heart needs somebody who
Can take it like a man, steady and strong
Not a lot of fuss and carryin' on
True to a promise I can ride in a storm

Take it like a man who knows about love
And every little thing that a girl dreams of
Someone wise enough to understand
If you want this woman's heart
Take it like a man

I met somebody the other night
Started thinking he was Mr. Right......wrong!
I might have never known
If a friend hadn't brought it to my attention
He's got a wife he forgot to mention
Girl, leave that fool alone

I keep hoping and telling myself
Somewhere there's one good one left
'Cause my poor heart needs somebody who
Can take it like a man, steady and strong
Not a lot of fuss and carrying on
True to a promise I can ride in a storm

Take it like a man who knows about love
And every little thing that a girl dreams of
Someone wise enough to understand
If you want this woman's heart
Take it like a man

(Instrumental Break)

Take it like a man, steady and strong
Not a lot of fuss and carrying on
True to a promise I can ride in a storm

Take it like a man who knows about love
And every little thing that a girl dreams of
Someone wise enough to understand
If you want this woman's heart
Take it like a man

Take it like a man
Well, honey, if you want my heart 
You gotta take it like a man
Take it like a man






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - March 2013)