Any Man Of Mine

Shania Twain

This is what a woman wants

Any man of mine better be proud of me
Even when I'm ugly, he still better love me
And I can be late for a date that's fine
But he better be on time

Any man of mine'll say it fits just right
When last year's dress is just a little too tight
And anything I do or say better be okay
When I have a bad hair day

And if I change my mind
A million times
I want to hear him say
Yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah, I like it that way

Any man of mine better walk the line
Better show me a teasin' squeezin' pleasin' kinda time
I need a man who knows, how the story goes
He's gotta be a heartbeatin' fine treatin'
Breathtakin' earthquakin' kind
Any man of mine

Well any man of mine better disagree
When I say another woman's lookin' better than me
And when I cook him dinner and I burn it black
He better say, mm, I like it like that, yeah

And if I change my mind
A million times
I want to hear him say
Yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah I like it that way

Any man of mine better walk the line
Better show me a teasin' squeezin' pleasin' kinda time
I need a man who knows, how the story goes
He's gotta be a heartbeatin' fine treatin'
Breathtakin' earthquakin' kind
Any man of mine, woo

Let me hear you say yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah)
Yeah, I like it that way

(Any man, any man, any man) any man of mine better walk the line
Better show me a teasin' squeezin' pleasin' kinda time
I need a man who knows, how the story goes
He's gotta be a heartbeatin' fine treatin'
Breathtakin' earthquakin' kind
Any man of mine

Ooh, ah
Woo
Ooh, ah

You gotta shimmy shake
Make the earth quake
Kick, turn, stomp, stomp, then you jump
Heel to toe, do si do
'Til your boots want to break
'Til your feet and your back ache
Keep it movin' 'til you just can't take anymore
Come on everybody on the floor
One two, a-three four
Hup, two, hup, woo
Mmhmm
If you want to be a man of mine, that's right, woo
This is what a woman wants


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Any Man of Mine Lyrics as written by Shania Twain Robert John Lange

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    shania is amazing. i don't think anyone could have said it better themselves.

    SideVwitha3on May 28, 2007   Link
  • 0
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    This was the second song I ever heard by Shania. It had me at "any man of mine".

    CRYN_OUTon May 25, 2004   Link
  • 0
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    This song is great! We basically let them lads know what we want!

    XxBabyGurlxXon October 17, 2004   Link
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    This song is awesome! I love the end especially when she's talking. It has a cool beat to it.

    jenazababon February 12, 2005   Link
  • 0
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    Ummmm - lemme see.

    No.

    alcockellon June 03, 2016   Link
  • -1
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    Shania perfectly expresses the hypocritical state into which we girls put our relationships.

    viahavtaon June 08, 2002   Link

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