What a Girl Wants

Album: Christina Aguilera (1999)
Charted: 3 1
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  • What a girl wants, what a girl needs
    What a girl wants, what a girl needs
    Yeah, c'mon
    Ooh, oh yeah, oh yeah

    I wanna thank you for giving me time to breathe
    Like a rock, you waited so patiently
    While I got it together, oh
    While I figured it out (yeah-yeah)
    I only looked but I never touched
    'Cause in my heart was a picture of us
    Holdin' hands, makin' plans
    And it's lucky for me you understand

    What a girl wants, what a girl needs
    Whatever makes me happy sets you free
    And I'm thanking you for knowing exactly
    What a girl wants, what a girl needs
    Whatever keeps me in your arms
    And I'm thanking you for giving it to me

    What I want, is what you got
    And what you got, is what I want

    There was a time I was blind, I was so confused (yeah-yeah)
    Run away just to hide it all from you
    But baby, you knew me better than I knew myself
    They say if you love something, let it go
    If it comes back it's yours
    That's how you know
    It's for keeps, yeah, it's for sure
    And you're ready and willin' to give me more than

    What a girl wants, what a girl needs
    Whatever makes me happy sets you free
    And I'm thanking you for knowing exactly
    What a girl wants, what a girl needs
    Whatever keeps me in your arms
    And I'm thanking you for giving it to me, yeah

    What a girl wants, what a girl needs
    Somebody sensitive, courageous, sexy, cool, like you
    What a girl wants, what a girl needs, oh yeah

    What a girl wants (you're so right)
    What a girl needs (you're so right)
    You let a girl know how much you
    Care about her, I swear
    You're the one who always knew
    You knew, you knew, you knew, you knew

    Ooh, I'm thanking you for being there for me
    What a girl wants, what a girl needs
    Whatever keeps me in your arms
    Whatever keeps me in your arms, that's what I need

    What a girl wants, what a girl needs
    Whatever makes me happy sets you free
    And I'm thanking you for knowing exactly
    What a girl wants, what a girl needs
    Whatever keeps me in your arms
    And I'm thanking you for giving it

    What a girl wants, what a girl needs
    Whatever makes me happy sets you free
    And I'm thanking you for giving it to me

    Oh baby, oh darling
    Thank you, thank you for giving me what I what
    And what I need
    Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, yeah
    I turn around there
    Whenever you're not there
    Oh yeah, yeah, yeah Writer/s: Guy Roche, Shelly Peiken
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Chelsea from Pa, AzSuch a great pop song to sing your lungs out and dance too!
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