Need a Woman - Studio Outtake - 1981

Lately I've been having evil dreams
 I wake up in a cold blue lair
 I run the tape back in my mind
 Wonder if I took a wrong road somewhere
 Searching for the truth the way God designed it
 Well, the real truth is that I may be afraid to find it
 Well, I need a woman
 All right
 Need a woman
 Every night
 To be with me and know me as I am
 To show me the kind of love that don't have to be condemned
 And I want you to
 Be that woman
 (Every day)
 Be that woman
 (Every way)
 I've had my eyes on you, baby
 For five long years
 Well, you probably don't know me at all
 But I've seen your laughter and I've seen your tears
 Telltale heart will show itself to anybody near
 There's always some new stranger in the night
 To lend a sympathetic ear
 Well, I need a woman
 To be my own
 I need a woman
 That's mine alone
 Seen you in the doorway
 I seen you in the park
 Seen you in the sunshine
 I seen you in the dark
 And I want you to
 Be that woman
 Oh, no, no
 Be that woman
 (Every way)
 You keep listening to something long enough
 You're just bound to believe that it's true
 You know there's some things that you put out
 It's gonna come back on you
 That which is not permanent don't last
 Whatever's waiting in the future
 Could be what you're running from in the past
 Oh, I need a woman
 I'll pull up
 Need a woman
 Drinking from the same cup
 Someone who likes simple things
 Is not afraid to bend
 Someone who don't make herself up
 To make every man her friend
 And I want you to
 Be that woman
 Every day
 Be that woman
 Every way
 Don't know what you got that I want
 Don't know what I've got to give
 Don't know how much time I got
 Don't know how long I'll live
 The rebellion in my soul, why was it created?
 To blur the focus of my mind
 And keep me isolated
 But I need a woman
 It ain't no crime
 Need a woman
 All the time
 To see the promised land with me
 As the time goes by
 To rule my heart with sweetness
 And boldness from on high
 And I want you to
 Be that woman
 Yes I do
 Be that woman
 Straight and true