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I'm so tired
Of playing
Playing with this bow and arrow
Gonna give my heart away
Leave it to the other girls to play
For I've been a temptress too long
Just
Give me a reason to love you
Give me a reason to be
A woman
I just wanna be a woman
From this time, unchained
We're all looking at a different picture
Through this new frame of mind
A thousand flowers could bloom
Move over, and give us some room
Yeah
Give me a reason to love you
Give me a reason to be
A woman
I just wanna be a woman
So don't you stop bein' a man
Just take a little look from our side when you can
Sow a little tenderness
No matter if you cry
Give me a reason to love you
Give me a reason to be here
A woman
It's all I wanna be is a woman
For this is the beginning of forever and ever
Its time to move over
I'm so tired, of playing
Playing with this bow and arrow
Gonna give my heart away
Leave it to the other girls to play
For I've been a temptress too long

Nadine May 24, 2013 - 21:50	bb_matt wrote: Pity this ended up being about the only song they ever made, with all the rest sounding, well, pretty much exactly the same. Awesome song though. Interesting point of view. And I disagree. To me, this is one of the weaker songs Portishead made. There are many songs of theirs that I like tons better. A real pity is, there's none of the stellar live tracks - they played at their wonderfully taped Roseland Ballroom '97 gig (with live orchestra) - getting played on RP. Back then I watched that concert at a local cinema on a big screen, with a solid soundsystem - It brought (good) tears to my eyes: it is/was so effing awesome. They're totally underrepresented here. [ Reply ]
stalfnzo May 12, 2013 - 09:57	Back in 1994 I was a DJ at a local public radio station. Big Band music every Saturday morning. One day the guy who played contemporary music on his show called in sick, and I volunteered to cover him. Played this song, and then announced on air that it was by a group called "Porti Shed," like a portable shed. Oops. [ Reply ]
cgrove May 01, 2013 - 12:30	Agreed...6 plays in past 30 days is a bit much [ Reply ]
1wolfy May 01, 2013 - 12:28	I really like their live stuff. sirdroseph wrote: Yes they need to change up their Portishead selections and add more. Like the rest of this album. [ Reply ]
bb_matt Apr 25, 2013 - 03:11	Pity this ended up being about the only song they ever made, with all the rest sounding, well, pretty much exactly the same. Awesome song though. [ Reply ]
LeeScoresby Apr 23, 2013 - 13:14	So good that it's distracting me from my work. [ Reply ]
rtree Apr 19, 2013 - 13:31	Yep! Stingray wrote: NOPE! [ Reply ]
Stingray Mar 10, 2013 - 18:56	jessi1126 wrote: One of the sexiest songs ever! [ Reply ]
Stingray Mar 10, 2013 - 18:53	Seems it's their only song! I bet all our old girls here love this! Who would not want to be a woman, when already an old girl? [ Reply ]
cShaggy Mar 09, 2013 - 02:48	..since there should be at least one comment per month extolling the greatness of this song, i hereby submit the March 2013 edition: .."this is the beginning of forever & ever".. [ Reply ]
MojoJojo Feb 12, 2013 - 10:23	GoldPortisFrappHead! Yeeeeaah! [ Reply ]
Webfoot Feb 12, 2013 - 10:23	A "10" all day! [ Reply ]
DaidyBoy Jan 29, 2013 - 07:35	dsd wrote: I particularly like the Roseland Live version of this. It's got some wa wa work that is something special Undoubtedly one of the finest live recordings I have. She is scarily good at giving me the worst goosebumps. My missus hates them, though, so it's headphones or the car.... [ Reply ]
BazH Jan 29, 2013 - 07:34	Night time music, surely not 7.30am. [ Reply ]
jt1 Dec 20, 2012 - 13:08	Sloggydog wrote: They have some absolute crackers but its not all gold. probably better to be a bit more selective. The album this is a very good place to start. You could also do worse than to look into Massive attack's Mezzanine at the same time. Something in my mind always links these bands. Bristol (UK). [ Reply ]
Zep Dec 06, 2012 - 17:03	atthetone wrote: I concur, she has a sexy and sultry delivery, a bit like Mazzy's "Fade into you" Much better. [ Reply ]
unclehud Dec 05, 2012 - 01:42	wow. [ Reply ]
atthetone Nov 05, 2012 - 07:39	I concur, she has a sexy and sultry delivery, a bit like Mazzy's "Fade into you" [ Reply ]
pcicatar Oct 25, 2012 - 13:20	Carl wrote: Ahhh, a sublime member of my "Radio Paradise - Best" playlist, one of the other 147+ reasons I stayed here and contribute monthly. Thanks Bill & Rebecca for making our lives better in a way that really matters! This makes me think of the dozens of ways I've been trying to life my ratings in order to build RP-based playlists. My musical life would definitely be less colorful had I not discovered this site! [ Reply ]
Pilgrim301 Oct 25, 2012 - 13:17	This has kept its slinky new different self for nearly twenty years. Awesome. [ Reply ]