Cat Power – Good Woman

I want to be a good woman
And I want, for you to be a good man.
This is why I will be leaving
And this is why, I can't see you no more.
I will miss your heart so tender
And I will love
This love forever

I don't want be a bad women
And I can't stand to see you be a bad man
I will miss your heart so tender
And I will love
This love forever
And this is why I am leaving
And this is why I can't see you no more
This is why I am lying when I say
That I don't love you no more

'Cause I want (to) be a good women
And I want for to be a good man


Lyrics submitted by Brutin, edited by underwires, ifkd

"Good Woman" as written by Chan Marshall

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    General CommentI think it could also be a song about a passionate relationship that obviously is loving, but also brings out the worst of the two involved. They do really love eachother, but she doesn't like the "bad woman" and "bad man" they sometimes become. Leaving him is her way of saving the beauty that is still left between them, keeping it all a memory she will be able to cherish.

    "I will miss your heart so tender
    And I will love
    This love forever
    And this is why I am leaving"

    She fears that if she stays they might reach a point where they won't be the same man and woman who once fell in love anymore. If those people disappear, their love will be lost too.

    They won't see eachother fave to face anymore, but they "will love / This love forever".
    Marajaon July 28, 2005   Link

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