Let's go girls
Come on

I'm going out tonight, I'm feelin' alright
Gonna let it all hang out
Want to make some noise, really raise my voice
Yeah, I want to scream and shout, ah

No inhibitions, make no conditions
Get a little outta line
I ain't gonna act politically correct
I only want to have a good time

The best thing about being a woman
Is the prerogative to have a little fun and

Oh, oh, oh, go totally crazy, forget I'm a lady
Men's shirts, short skirts
Oh, oh, oh, really go wild yeah, doin' it in style
Oh, oh, oh, get in the action, feel the attraction
Color my hair, do what I dare
Oh, oh, oh, I want to be free yeah, to feel the way I feel
Man! I feel like a woman! Woo

The girls need a break tonight we're gonna take
The chance to get out on the town
We don't need romance, we only want to dance
We're gonna let our hair hang down

The best thing about being a woman
Is the prerogative to have a little fun and

Oh, oh, oh, go totally crazy, forget I'm a lady
Men's shirts, short skirts
Oh, oh, oh, really go wild, yeah, doin' it in style
Oh, oh, oh, get in the action, feel the attraction
Color my hair, do what I dare
Oh, oh, oh, I want to be free yeah, to feel the way I feel
Man! I feel like a woman! Ow ow uh huh

Oh oh yeah
The best thing about being a woman
Is the prerogative to have a little fun (fun, fun)

Oh, oh, oh, go totally crazy, forget I'm a lady
Men's shirts, short skirts
Oh, oh, oh, really go wild yeah, doin' it in style
Oh, oh, oh, get in the action, feel the attraction
Color my hair, do what I dare
Oh, oh, oh, I want to be free yeah, to feel the way I feel (feel the way I feel)
Man! I feel like a woman!

Woo, oh, oh
Uh, uh, yeah, yeah
I get totally crazy
Can you feel it?
Come, come, come on baby
Woo, woo, woo
I feel like a woman


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Man! I Feel Like A Woman! Lyrics as written by Shania Twain Robert John Lange

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    To not like something simply because of its 'category' is stupid. This song is fantastic!

    prettyinpunk8177on January 10, 2006   Link
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    Its not a matter of superiority. It's a matter of knowing when to just let loose and have fun without worrying about when your next meeting is or what the next deadline is. It's about forgetting about all the social expectations of a woman and just"really go wild" and "doing it in style".

    whitedaisiesxoon August 27, 2007   Link
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    The music video for this song is a parody of Robert Palmer's 'Simply Irresistible', where beautiful women dopily bop along behind him, all looking very similar, half-playing their prop guitars. Shania Twain gender-flips this whole scenario, which looks so much more profoundly silly when men do it, and this adds to my reading of the song.

    In this, it seems like Shania Twain is having a bit of a laugh at men for their inability to, in a culturally normal way, go out and just let their hair down and have some fun.

    "The best thing about being a woman Is the prerogative to have a little fun" - as if to say that is a prerogative that men miss out on in this case - going out to dance with the girls and just have a messy girls night.

    It's, to me, kind of about embracing the ability of women culturally to be silly and frivilous, because when that dopey stereotype of women is so normalised in society, as in 'Simply Irresistible', women get the freedom to behave a bit bonkers, and she seems to note that men are deprived of this freedom, because they've painted themselves into a corner as being 'serious', 'masculine' and having 'authority'. While this was supposed to increase their power, they find themselves powerless to have the kind of fun Shania is singing about in this song.

    It's an interesting way of viewing things, because it flips the whole 'victim mentality' that comes with seeing your gender be constantly degraded. With this song, Shania Twain has shifted who the victim is. Hint: IT'S THE PATRIARCHY

    aberdon February 01, 2018   Link
  • +1
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    lol im a bloke and i love this song:)

    alienravenon April 02, 2003   Link
  • +1
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    lol this a fun song to sing to! hehehe its a fun song- even if its contrey!

    savedbymusicon September 07, 2005   Link
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    This song is AWESOME!!! It is completely true-we women are superior to men we have our own independent trail of thoughts and have the right to to what we want. This song was a very bold choice for Shania!!!!!

    countrygirl33on December 19, 2006   Link
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    my cousin got 20 dollars to sing this at his brothers graduation. hilarious to watch.

    ohdarlin_jewelon March 08, 2008   Link
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    man! I feel like a woman! I love this song! It so rocks. Peace. :)

    zacsteron March 20, 2003   Link
  • 0
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    Cool song. Catchy, fun lyrics, totally awesome! And Shania is majorly hot in the music video!

    CRYN_OUTon May 25, 2004   Link
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    This song first got me interested in country music when I was like 10. Shania is still my favorite country artist. This song has great lyrics and it's just a fun song.

    jenazababon February 12, 2005   Link

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