Nobody feels any pain
Tonight as I stand inside the rain
Everybody knows
That baby's got new clothes
But lately I see her ribbons and her bows
Have fallen from her curls

She takes just like a woman, yeah, she does
She makes love just like a woman, yeah, she does
And she aches just like a woman
But she breaks just like a little girl

Queen Mary
She's my friend
Yes, I believe I'll go see her again
Nobody has to guess
That baby can't be blessed
'Til she finally sees that she's like all the rest
With her fog, her amphetamine and her pearls

She takes just like a woman, yes
She makes love just like a woman, yeah, she does
And she aches just like a woman
But she breaks just like a little girl

Yeah, it was raining from the first
And I was dying there of thirst
So I came in here
And your long-time curse hurts
But what's worse
Is this pain in here
I can't stay in here
Ain't it clear that

I just can't fit
Yes, I believe it's time for us to quit
But when we meet again
Introduced as friends
Please don't let on that you knew me when
I was hungry and it was your world

Ah, you fake just like a woman, yes, you do
You make love just like a woman, yes, you do
Then you ache just like a woman
But you break just like a little girl


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Just Like a Woman Lyrics as written by Bob Dylan

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    I personally respect gay people and support their cause. But I think that trying to read homosexuality where it isn't written is wrong. Same as "Ballad of a thin man". If we get that point of view, we could manage every song in the world to fit into it. She is a girl, a little scared girl beneath the woman she appears to be.

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