Once upon a time a good friend of mine   Told me to tell y'all, what I say today   Do the things that keep a smile on her face   Say the words that make her feel better every day, yeah   You bet you better keep on you P's and Q's   If you don't the woman, you can easily lose      Oh, oh, oh, I had a love, a true love and I lost it   No one seems to understand about the pain that it cost me   Woman's got to have it, I believe that I should know   She's got to know that she's that she's needed around   When you kiss her, you got to make her feel it everyday, boy   She's got to know that she's not walking on shaky ground, oh   Think it over      Don't take for granted   The smile upon her face   Check a little bit closer   You might find a tear trace   Maybe the little girl never said a mumbling word   But she's got to know that her voice is heard      Oh, oh, oh, I had a love, it was a true love and I lost it   Now I'm suffering all this pain that the true love cost me   A woman's got to have it, I believe   She's got to know that she's that she's needed around   Yeah      So if you've got a love   And maybe you've got eyes to keep her   You've got to give her what she wants when she wants it   Where she wants it, all right   How she wants it   And every doggone time she thinks she needs it      Your woman needs it   The same as mine   A woman got to have it   From time to time      A woman got to have it   A woman got to have it, oh oh   A woman got to have it, oh yes she does, yes she does   A woman got to have it, ooh, ooh   A woman got to have it