She's Always A Woman Lyrics

Performed by Billy Joel

She can kill with a smile
She can wound with her eyes
She can ruin your faith with her casual lies
And she only reveals what she wants you to see
She hides like a child,
But she's always a woman to me

She can lead you to love
She can take you or leave you
She can ask for the truth
But she'll never believe you
And she'll take what you give her, as long as it's free
Yeah, she steals like a thief
But she's always a woman to me

CHORUS:
Oh--she takes care of herself
She can wait if she wants
She's ahead of her time
Oh--and she never gives out
And she never gives in
She just changes her mind

And she'll promise you more
Than the Garden of Eden
Then she'll carelessly cut you
And laugh while you're bleedin'
But she'll bring out the best
And the worst you can be
Blame it all on yourself
Cause she's always a woman to me
--Mhmm--

Bridge

CHORUS:
Oh--she takes care of herself
She can wait if she wants
She's ahead of her time
Oh--and she never gives out
And she never gives in
She just changes her mind

She is frequently kind
And she's suddenly cruel
She can do as she pleases
She's nobody's fool
And she can't be convicted
She's earned her degree
And the most she will do
Is throw shadows at you
But she's always a woman to me
--Mhmm--

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Classic 70's love song | Reviewer: Anonymous | 1/5/12

This was one of my favorite songs when I was in college. The image of the "classic bitch" was an admired one at the time and the woman described in the song fits the image to a tee. She is intelligent, socially adept, beautiful and confident. It is my understanding that the song was about a woman Billy Joel once dated who was a lawyer. This would explain the final verse: "She can't be convicted, she's earned her degree."
Billy Joel is to be admired as one of those rare performers who is also a great composer and an outstanding lyricist. This song is reminiscent of the song from the musical, "Camelot", called "How to Handle a Woman" in the advice it gives to the listener which is to love her. It takes a kind of true love to know someone well with all their foibles and faults and not want to change a thing about her.

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Perfect | Reviewer: Anonymous | 1/2/12

This song is a true masterpeice. It tells of a man who is deeply in love with a girl who just left him for another. The man is describing his love to her *new* lover. He tells him her faults and her traits. He tells him out of respect, how she acts and percieves things.

This song is a work of art.

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... | Reviewer: Anonymous | 12/26/11

ik ben een vrouw en ik vind het een mooi liedje, het is niet omdat het over een vrouw gaat dat het over elke vrouw gaat he, liedjes maken is zagers hun job. dus ze deden alleen maar hun job.

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Not Fair | Reviewer: Anonymous | 11/15/11

You guys are being totally mean to women by saying we misstreat you and are always humiliating you by sharing our feelings after a relationship. The truth is we are a total mess after we break-up. We get that guys have feelings to and get hurt (physicaly and emotionaly.) All I'm getting from your reviews is that all women do is tell about their jerks of ex-boyfriends when they break-up

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Just a Woman | Reviewer: redandblue | 11/8/11

Well I don't know about the "cuts you and laughs while you're bleeding" part of the song, but I think the rest of it is accurate about many women. I think many of you on here are over-analyzing the song, either that, or you've obviously never been married, or married for long. Most women do have "two sides," only meaning they can be angry, passionate, vulnerable, stubborn, and prideful (all elements of this song) yet they can also be sweet, kind, admirable, and nurturing. And yes, women do change their minds a lot! Women really do bring out the best and worst in their male mates, and I think only people who truly love each other in long-term relationships realize this.

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Meaning? | Reviewer: Anonymous | 11/6/11

To me this songs talks about the fact that when you are in love with someone you start to enjoy her faults as much as her qualities, therefore the "she is always a woman to me". Just my opinion... And if you are really in love you can survive her faults.... And hope she can survive yours…

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you sir, have fallen in love | Reviewer: Christiane | 10/20/11

Maybe that girl has a dose of Gemini in her. Probably having a dual nature a personality that is unbearable and cursing at times and the other so charming and lovable-you will be spell-bounded. Whatever she might be, its just that the man have fallen for that girl. And whatever faults she may have-he accepted, because his love is so strong that it encompasses the negative traits of that person and sees a woman with strength, conviction, intelligence, independence or even have fallen simply because of the girl's smile, eyes. Can't blame him-he fell, cause in his eyes, she's always a woman.

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run far away | Reviewer: Anonymous | 10/1/11

selfish, cruel, pretending to be the center of niverse, and still needing a companion. do not believe her she will rwduce you andher children her slaves, ad possibly, run away after ffounding a beter.... let us say male

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Why only Women??? | Reviewer: khanz | 9/8/11

Women play a very important role in our life. It is always hard to understand a women but always easy to fall in love. I believe Love is something that will overcome every pain and every negetive aspect of a Person. I love this song.. I love the woman in my life..

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borderline personality disorder | Reviewer: dave | 8/15/11

This song is clearly about a relationship with a woman who has a borderline personality disorder. This song is about a man who has fallen hostage in the web of BPD. He describes her cruelty and symptoms to a T, yet he still loves her for the good side he can project of her. This is actually a cruel and sad situation to be in and very common due to the fact that people with BPD can be brilliant and exciting. Maybe this is due to the fact that they are masters of manipulation. If you are in a relationship with such a person run for hills and don't look back. Your life will always be a misery with this person like an addiction to hard drugs. Get your adrenalin from less harmful places for the soul. in this situation you will ALWAYS LOSE.

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Work of A Genius | Reviewer: Anonymous | 7/24/11

At first, I thought that these things are all referring to one particular person, but after we have analyzed every word carefully, we realized how it describes women in general, and his descriptions were quite accurate. Every line of this song makes sense if you look at it carefully. Also, contrary to what I thought at first, this song also tells about a woman's positive side. The most important part of this song is the words in the title itself. Despite all the things he said about a woman, he still loved her. Also, this would be a nice guideline to determine if a girl really is a woman, or just a girl.

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I am not proud | Reviewer: Anonymous | 7/12/11

An older track which I listened to recently and realised that it perfectly describes my own daughter. The most beautiful, lovable and charming 16 year old who has a dark side which is so cold and ruthless you could kill her without feeling a shred of remorse. It comes out of the blue, from no where and incites pure rage in those that love her. She is already leaving behind her a trail of broken hearts belonging to devastated young lads who I sincerely hope will go on to make a full recovery. There are times when I am not proud of what I have produced. My god, I hope it's just hormones.

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Kernel of truth | Reviewer: Me | 7/8/11

I would encourage anyone in this type of relationship to get out, but love can be a powerful incentive to stay even when you shouldn't. It is usually women who lack the confidence to leave this kind of relationship, so it's interesting to hear this tale from a male perspective.

I'm not certain Billy Joel had this exact relationship with anyone. Writers often experience a part of what ends up in a song, and embellish the rest-- whatever it takes to take the song as beautiful stirring, and evocative as this one is. Writers as good as Billy are uncommon.

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Beautiful Song | Reviewer: Annalaise Merchant | 6/24/11

The song, and the lyrics are gorgeous! Truly beautiful and touching. I'm no expert on Music Reviews ,but I can tell you, this is CERTAINLY a song worth listening to. The first few lines are just perfect to set the whole song off. But I must admit, the chorus is not too my liking - it's pretty random. If you want an image to go with the song, then check out the John Lewis advert on YouTube! :)

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Re: Laughable really | Reviewer: Chris | 6/7/11

"Oh, and please don’t post about me never having felt love ‘cos if this is love, dodging it would be a life well spent."

This IS one aspect of love. Love isn't always a stroll through the tulips; there are good times and bad. If you try to find love, you had best prepare yourself for a fair amount of disappointment.

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