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Artist: Michael Bolton
Track: When a Man Loves a Woman

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When a man loves a woman
Can't keep his mind on nothin' else
He'd trade the world
For the good thing he's found
If she is bad, he can't see it
She can do no wrong
Turn his back on his best friend
If he puts her down

When a man loves a woman
He'd spend his very last dime
Just trying to hold on to what he needs
He'd give up all his comforts
And sleep out in the rain
If she said that's the way
Baby that's the way it ought to be

When this man loves
When this man really loves a woman
I give you everything, I mean everything
Baby everything I got
Just trying to hold on
To your precious love
Baby, baby please
Please don't treat me bad, oh

Wow Michael
You know that was pretty sensational
But I have a slighty different take on things

This is a man's world
This is a man's world
But it wouldn't mean nothing
Nothing
Without a woman or a girl

You see
Man made the cars
To take us over the road
Man made the trains
To carry the heavy load
Man made the electric light
To take us out of the dark
Man made the boat for the water
Like Noah made the ark

This is a man's world, a man's world
But it wouldn't mean nothing, nothing
Without a woman or a girl

When a man loves a woman
Man makes them happy
'Cause man makes them toys
When a man loves a woman, yeah
You know that man makes that money
To buy from another man

The world would mean nothing without a woman
Woman or a girl, oh yeah
When a man loves

This is a man's world, oh it's a man's world
But it wouldn't mean nothing
Not one little thing
Without, without a woman or a girl

You know I need (I need)
But it wouldn't mean nothing
Not one little thing
This is a man's world (when a man loves a woman)
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Genius Meanings
Michael Bolton – When a Man Loves a Woman (2019)
When a man loves a woman / He can't keep his mind on nothin' else / He'd trade the world / For the good thing he's found / If she's bad, he can't see it / She can do no wrong
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Michael Bolton – When a Man Loves a Woman (2017 version)
[Verse 1] / When a man loves a woman / He can't keep his mind on nothin' else / He'd trade the world / For a good thing he's found / If she is bad, he can't see it / She can do no
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