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She's a Lady Lyrics
Well she's all you'd ever want,
She's the kind they'd like to flaunt and take to dinner.
Well she always knows her place.
She's got style, she's got grace, She's a winner.
She's a Lady. Whoa whoa whoa, She's a Lady.
Talkin' about that little lady, and the lady is mine.
Well she's never in the way
Always something nice to say, Oh what a blessing.
I can leave her on her own
Knowing she's okay alone, and there's no messing.
She's a lady. Whoa, whoa, whoa. She's a lady.
Talkin' about that little lady, and the lady is mine.
Well she never asks for very much and I don't refuse her.
Always treat her with respect, I never would abuse her.
What she's got is hard to find, and I don't want to lose her
Help me build a mansion from my little pile of clay. Hey, hey, hey.
Well she knows what I'm about,
She can take what I dish out, and that's not easy,
Well she knows me through and through,
She knows just what to do, and how to please me.
She's a lady. Whoa, whoa, whoa. She's a lady.
Talkin' about that little lady and the lady is mine.
Yeah yeah yeah She's a Lady
Listen to me baby, She's a Lady
Whoa whoa whoa, She's a Lady
And the Lady is mine
Yeah yeah yeah She's a Lady
Talkin about this little lady
Whoa whoa whoa whoa
Whoa and the lady is mine
Yeah yeah She's a Lady
And the Lady is mine.
She's the kind they'd like to flaunt and take to dinner.
Well she always knows her place.
She's got style, she's got grace, She's a winner.
She's a Lady. Whoa whoa whoa, She's a Lady.
Talkin' about that little lady, and the lady is mine.
Well she's never in the way
Always something nice to say, Oh what a blessing.
I can leave her on her own
Knowing she's okay alone, and there's no messing.
She's a lady. Whoa, whoa, whoa. She's a lady.
Talkin' about that little lady, and the lady is mine.
Well she never asks for very much and I don't refuse her.
Always treat her with respect, I never would abuse her.
What she's got is hard to find, and I don't want to lose her
Help me build a mansion from my little pile of clay. Hey, hey, hey.
Well she knows what I'm about,
She can take what I dish out, and that's not easy,
Well she knows me through and through,
She knows just what to do, and how to please me.
She's a lady. Whoa, whoa, whoa. She's a lady.
Talkin' about that little lady and the lady is mine.
Yeah yeah yeah She's a Lady
Listen to me baby, She's a Lady
Whoa whoa whoa, She's a Lady
And the Lady is mine
Yeah yeah yeah She's a Lady
Talkin about this little lady
Whoa whoa whoa whoa
Whoa and the lady is mine
Yeah yeah She's a Lady
And the Lady is mine.
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Great song from the Welshman. :)
i would like that someone dedicate thins song to me.. hehe :D nice to dance it!
It's actually about a transvestite.
In the original version, at the 3:50 mark, Tom screams, "Oh no, HE'S A LADY"
PS: Tom Jones is English, so this sort of thing is encouraged in his area.
canadian paul anka actually wrote this song which jones released in 1971 and, as a product of its time, it would now definitely be considered sexist. in my opinion such lyrics as "she always knows her place" and "she's never in the way" are saying that she doesn't intervene in the more important "men's business" but remains submissive and ignorant. "i can leave her on her own" is pretty patronising, and at other points the lady is objectified and effectively owned by the singer "that little lady... is mine". basically the song's intentions are positive and complimentary, and i've got nothing against tom jones (i'm welsh :D) but you can't help but feel like the underlying attitudes are badly behind the times
@daswgn "behind the times?" You mean like the "times' when our "women" feel the need to expose themselves constantly to be noticed? Pretty pathetic if that constitutes being "with the times," if that's what you mean. Now go and cry "rape" every time a man sees constant nudity in the media. Men are wired to the visual. As long as they SEE promiscuity from women, that's how men interpret it. You want to be treated like "a lady," then act like a lady! Yes, men should also control themselves but, if they are constantly bombarded by the media...
@daswgn "behind the times?" You mean like the "times' when our "women" feel the need to expose themselves constantly to be noticed? Pretty pathetic if that constitutes being "with the times," if that's what you mean. Now go and cry "rape" every time a man sees constant nudity in the media. Men are wired to the visual. As long as they SEE promiscuity from women, that's how men interpret it. You want to be treated like "a lady," then act like a lady! Yes, men should also control themselves but, if they are constantly bombarded by the media that women are sex objects, that's what men perceive them as. Get it?!
Never cared for this singer or his sweaty crotch on stage, and never understood how or why women would toss their bras up to him. Ick. This morning I started singing this song as I walked down the hall at my auto insurance office, and it felt rather cool. A man had just run up to me and asked me on a date, blindsiding me. Never expected it. Had no clue whatsoever that he had any interest. So shocked that what I blurted out made almost no sense and I'm surprised he didn't run the opposite direction. After he had told me how nice I looked, I walked away with this silly song in my head even though "Lady" does not describe me. Tom Jones is in love and is saying the woman is his. (The poor thing:)
It might as well be about our penis, think about it...
According to Jones, he was so impressed with Anka's work penning "MY Way" for Sinata he asked him to do a song for him, Anka insisted that Jones needed a more rock oriented number, not a somber retrospective ballad like "My Way" and this song was born.
As an ode to Anka, Jones covered "My Way" as the B-Side for the original single release (probably helped Anka make more $$).