“No Man's Woman” single

(Sinéad O'Connor/Scott Cutler/Anne Preven)

I don't wanna be no man's woman.

It don't make me happy, this mantrolling

Thing that you got for me, so I become

No man's woman.

I don't wanna be no man's woman.

I've other work I want to get done.

I haven't travelled this far to become

No man's woman,

No man's woman.

Cuz I'm tired of it,

And I'm so scared of it,

That I'll never trust again.

Cuz a man can fake you,

Take your sould and make you

Miserable, in so much pain.

My friends think I'm alone, but I've got secrets.

I don't tell everything about the love I get.

I've got a lovin' man, but he's a spirit.

He never does me harm, never treats me bad.

He'd never take away all the love he has.

And I'm forgiven oh, a million times.

I'm never tired of it,

And I'm not scared of it,

Cuz it doesn't cause me pain.

Like a man can fake you,

Take your sould and make you

Never be yourself again.

I never wanna be no man's woman.

I only wanna be my own woman.

I haven't travelled this far to become

No man's woman,

No man's woman,

No man's woman.

(Sinéad O'Connor/Scott Cutler/Anne Preven)

I don't wanna be no man's woman.

It don't make me happy, this mantrolling

Thing that you got for me, so I become

No man's woman.

I don't wanna be no man's woman.

I've other work I want to get done.

I haven't travelled this far to become

No man's woman,

No man's woman.

Cuz I'm tired of it,

And I'm so scared of it,

That I'll never trust again.

Cuz a man can fake you,

Take your sould and make you

Miserable, in so much pain.

My friends think I'm alone, but I've got secrets.

I don't tell everything about the love I get.

I've got a lovin' man, but he's a spirit.

He never does me harm, never treats me bad.

He'd never take away all the love he has.

And I'm forgiven oh, a million times.

I'm never tired of it,

And I'm not scared of it,

Cuz it doesn't cause me pain.

Like a man can fake you,

Take your sould and make you

Never be yourself again.

I never wanna be no man's woman.

I only wanna be my own woman.

I haven't travelled this far to become

No man's woman,

No man's woman,

No man's woman.

(Sinéad O'Connor)

I love you, my hard ,

Your rage is like a fist in my womb.

Can't you forgive what you think I've done?

And love me--I'm your woman.

And I desire you, my hard Englishman,

And there is no more natural thing.

So why should I not get loving?

Don't be cold Englishman.

How come you've never said you love me

In all the time you've known me?

How come you never say you're sorry,

And I do?

Oh, please talk to me, Englishman,

What good will shutting me out get done?

Meanwhile, crazies are killing our sons.

listen, Englishman.

I have honored you, hard Englishman,

Now I am calling your heart to my own.

Oh, let glorious be done,

Be truthful, Englishman.

How come you've never said you love me

In all the time you've known me?

How come you never say you're sorry,

And I do?

(Sinéad O'Connor/Dónal Lunny/Sharon Shannon/Alan Branch/Kieran Kiely/Rob Ó Géibheannaigh)

As I went out walking one morning in June,

To view the fair fields and the valleys in bloom,

I spied a pretty fair maid, she appeared like a queen,

With her costly, fine robes and her mantle so green.

Says I, "My pretty fair maid, won't you come with me?

We'll both join in wedlock, and married we'll be.

I will dress you in fine linen; you'll appear like a queen

With your costly fine robes and your mantle so green."

Says she, "Now, my young man, you must be excused,

For I'll wed with no man, so you must be refused.

To the green woods I will wander and shun all men's view,

For the boy I love dearly lies in famed Waterloo."

"Well, if you're not married, say your lover's name.

I fought in that battle, so I might know the same."

"Draw near to my garment, and there you will see,

His name is embroidered on my mantle so green."

In the ribbon of her mantle, there I did behold

His name and his surname, in letters of gold--

Young William O'Reilly appeared in my view.

"He was my chief comrade back in famed ."

"And as he lay dying, I heard his last cry:

'If you were here, lovely Nancy, I'd be willing to die';"

And as I told her this story, in anguish she flew,

And the more that I told her, the paler she grew.

So I smiled on my Nancy, "'Twas I broke your heart

In your father's garden, that day we did part.

And this is a truth, and the truth I declare,

Oh, here's your love token--the gold ring I wear."

(Sinéad O'Connor/Scott Cutler/Anne Preven)

I don't wanna be no man's woman.

It don't make me happy, this mantrolling

Thing that you got for me, so I become

No man's woman.

I don't wanna be no man's woman.

I've other work I want to get done.

I haven't travelled this far to become

No man's woman,

No man's woman.

Cuz I'm tired of it,

And I'm so scared of it,

That I'll never trust again.

Cuz a man can fake you,

Take your sould and make you

Miserable, in so much pain.

My friends think I'm alone, but I've got secrets.

I don't tell everything about the love I get.

I've got a lovin' man, but he's a spirit.

He never does me harm, never treats me bad.

He'd never take away all the love he has.

And I'm forgiven oh, a million times.

I'm never tired of it,

And I'm not scared of it,

Cuz it doesn't cause me pain.

Like a man can fake you,

Take your sould and make you

Never be yourself again.

I never wanna be no man's woman.

I only wanna be my own woman.

I haven't travelled this far to become

No man's woman,

No man's woman,

No man's woman.