What a girl wants, what a girl needs   Whatever makes me happy and sets you free   What a girl wants, what a girl needs   Whatever keeps me in your arms      (Yeah, c'mon)   Ooh ohh, yeah 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   Holding hands making 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 being there for me      Ooh, ohh oh yeah yeah      A weaker man might have walked away but you had faith   Strong enough to move over and give me space   While I got it together, yeah, while I figured it out   They say if you love something let it go   If it comes back it's yours and that's how you know   It's for keeps, yeah, it's for sure   And you're ready and willing to give me more than      What a girl wants (yeah) what a girl needs (yeah)   Whatever makes me happy sets you free   And I'm thanking you for giving it to me   What a girl wants, what a girl needs   Whatever keeps me in your arms   And I'm thanking you for being there for me      Oh baby, oh darling   Thank you, thank you      A girl needs somebody sensitive but tough   Somebody there when the going gets rough   Every night he'll be giving his love   (He'll be giving his love)   To just one girl (to one girl, oh)      Somebody cool but real tender too   Somebody, baby, just like you   Can keep me hanging around   With the one who always knew...      What a girl wants, what a girl needs   (You knew, you knew, you knew)   Whatever makes me happy sets you free   Ohh oh, 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 is what I need      What a girl wants, what a girl needs (ooh, yeah)   Whatever makes me happy sets you free...      Always what I need, always what I want   What I need, what I want, and you've got, yeah yeah   Oh baby, I thank you, cause you know... ooh...      What you got, is what I need   What you want, hahaha, what I want   Ooh, ohh yeah      Oh baby, oh darling   I thank you, thank you   For giving me what I need   And for what I want   Ohh... oh yeah yeah   (Ooh, oh oh)   I turn around there, whenever you're not there   Oh yeah yeah