In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Shabba, give the world a touch
Now Green, step up
Cah we love di girls dem so much, enuh (kick it)
Green they love so much
I'm telling you
My love don't give me presents
Shabba Ranks, Mr. Green (fire)
I know that she's no peasant (fire)
Only ever has to give me
Love forever and forever
My love don't give me presents
(Reggae, respect, bam-bading, bam-bam)
Turn me on when I get lonely
People tell me that she's only
Fooling, I know she isn't
(Hey hey, hey, kick it)
She don't give boys the eye
(Grrr, fire, fire)
She hates to see me cry
(Real Totenham bass, fire)
She is happy just to hear me (ah)
Say that I will never leave her (what?)
She don't give boys the eye
(Take the temp', bam-bading, bam bam)
She will never make me jealous
Give me all her time as well as
Loving, don't ask me why
(Hey hey, hey, salute)
She's a woman who understands (oh yeah)
She's a woman who loves her man (kick it)
My love don't give me presents
(Wah wah, mean, fire)
I know that she's no peasant (delicate, fire)
Only ever has to give me
Love forever and forever
My love don't give me presents
(Wah? Big change, bam-bading, bam-bam)
Turn me on when I get lonely
People tell me that she's only
Fooling, I know she isn't
(Hey hey, hey, kick it)
All you crazies, music lovers out there
How do you feel? All right?
Who feel it out there? They will know it
Raise your hand
(Chat, chat, chat fire)
She's a woman who understands (oh yeah)
She's a woman who loves her man (kick it)
My love don't give me presents
(Green and Ranks in person, fire)
I know that she's no peasant
(Love up, hug up, kiss, up, rah, fire)
Only ever has to give me
Love forever and forever
My love don't give me presents
(Oh Lord, bam-bading, bam-bam)
Turn me on when I get lonely
People tell me that she's only
Fooling, I know she isn't
(Hey hey, hey, kick it)
She's a woman
She is the right one, keep moving (fire)
She's a woman
Know fi take care ah man, all di man dem out there (fire)
You betta love up yuh woman cah yuh woman ah di best and
Love up yuh woman cah yuh woman ah di best
You betta love her ah East and love her ah West
Woman inna di house, tell dem she's the best (bam-bading, bam-bam)
'Cause she know fi kiss and she know fi caress
And she rub down mi back and she rub down mi chest
Love up yuh woman cah yuh woman ah di best
Love up yuh woman cah yuh woman ah di best
Shabba love every woman becah yuh woman ah di best
Jump around if yuh woman ah di best and (fire)
Love up yuh woman cah yuh woman ah di best and
Love up yuh woman cah yuh woman ah di (fire), me seh she
Love her ah East and love her ah West
If it is love mek di man confess
Treat me like, a nest egg inna nest and
Like she running, her love in express (bam-bading, bam-bam)
You betta love up yuh woman cah yuh woman ah di best and
Tell di man dem fi treat dem the best
But di London man, yuh woman ah di best
You betta, love her up right, put her to di test and (hey, hey, hey, kick it)
Now Green, step up
Cah we love di girls dem so much, enuh (kick it)
Green they love so much
I'm telling you
My love don't give me presents
Shabba Ranks, Mr. Green (fire)
I know that she's no peasant (fire)
Only ever has to give me
Love forever and forever
My love don't give me presents
(Reggae, respect, bam-bading, bam-bam)
Turn me on when I get lonely
People tell me that she's only
Fooling, I know she isn't
(Hey hey, hey, kick it)
She don't give boys the eye
(Grrr, fire, fire)
She hates to see me cry
(Real Totenham bass, fire)
She is happy just to hear me (ah)
Say that I will never leave her (what?)
She don't give boys the eye
(Take the temp', bam-bading, bam bam)
She will never make me jealous
Give me all her time as well as
Loving, don't ask me why
(Hey hey, hey, salute)
She's a woman who understands (oh yeah)
She's a woman who loves her man (kick it)
My love don't give me presents
(Wah wah, mean, fire)
I know that she's no peasant (delicate, fire)
Only ever has to give me
Love forever and forever
My love don't give me presents
(Wah? Big change, bam-bading, bam-bam)
Turn me on when I get lonely
People tell me that she's only
Fooling, I know she isn't
(Hey hey, hey, kick it)
All you crazies, music lovers out there
How do you feel? All right?
Who feel it out there? They will know it
Raise your hand
(Chat, chat, chat fire)
She's a woman who understands (oh yeah)
She's a woman who loves her man (kick it)
My love don't give me presents
(Green and Ranks in person, fire)
I know that she's no peasant
(Love up, hug up, kiss, up, rah, fire)
Only ever has to give me
Love forever and forever
My love don't give me presents
(Oh Lord, bam-bading, bam-bam)
Turn me on when I get lonely
People tell me that she's only
Fooling, I know she isn't
(Hey hey, hey, kick it)
She's a woman
She is the right one, keep moving (fire)
She's a woman
Know fi take care ah man, all di man dem out there (fire)
You betta love up yuh woman cah yuh woman ah di best and
Love up yuh woman cah yuh woman ah di best
You betta love her ah East and love her ah West
Woman inna di house, tell dem she's the best (bam-bading, bam-bam)
'Cause she know fi kiss and she know fi caress
And she rub down mi back and she rub down mi chest
Love up yuh woman cah yuh woman ah di best
Love up yuh woman cah yuh woman ah di best
Shabba love every woman becah yuh woman ah di best
Jump around if yuh woman ah di best and (fire)
Love up yuh woman cah yuh woman ah di best and
Love up yuh woman cah yuh woman ah di (fire), me seh she
Love her ah East and love her ah West
If it is love mek di man confess
Treat me like, a nest egg inna nest and
Like she running, her love in express (bam-bading, bam-bam)
You betta love up yuh woman cah yuh woman ah di best and
Tell di man dem fi treat dem the best
But di London man, yuh woman ah di best
You betta, love her up right, put her to di test and (hey, hey, hey, kick it)
Lyrics submitted by TailsDaFaux
She's A Woman Lyrics as written by Paul Mccartney John Lennon
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