Christina Aguilera
What a Girl Wants lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 1999
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:36
What a girl wants, what a girl needs
What a girl wants, what a girl needs
Yeah, c'mon!
I wanna thank you for givin' me time to breathe
Like a rock, you waited so patiently
While I got it together
While I figured it out (yeah, yeah)
I only looked, but I never touched
'Cause in my heart was a picture of us
Holdin' hands, makin' 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 thankin' you for knowin' exactly
What a girl wants, what a girl needs
Whatever keeps me in your arms
And I'm thankin' you for givin' it to me
What I want, is whatcha got
And whatcha got, is what I want
There was a time I was blind, I was so confused (yeah, yeah)
Ran away just to hide it all from you
But baby, you knew me better than I knew myself
They say if you love somethin', let it go (let it go)
If it comes back, it's yours
That's how ya know
It's for keeps, yeah, it's for sure
And you're ready and willin' to give me more than
What a girl wants, what a girl needs
Whatever makes me happy, sets you free
And I'm thankin' you for knowin' exactly
What a girl wants, what a girl needs
Whatever keeps me in your arms
And I'm thankin' you for givin' it to me
What a girl wants, what a girl needs
Somebody sensitive, crazy, sexy, cool like you
What a girl wants, what a girl needs
And whatcha got, is what I want
What a girl wants (you're so right)
What a girl needs (you're so right)
You let a girl know how much ya care about her, I swear
You're the one who always knew
You knew, you knew, you knew, you knew
Oh, I'm thankin' you for bein' 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
Whatever makes me happy, sets you free
Oh, it's what I need
Oh, it's what I want
What I need, what I want (you, yeah, yeah)
Oh, baby, I thank you 'cause you know
What I want, is whatcha got
And whatcha got, is what I want
And I'm thankin' you for givin' it to me
Oh, baby
Oh, darlin'
Thank you, thank you
For givin' me what I want
And what I need, whoa... Ooh...
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Key vocabulary
- better
- more good; improvedA1
- touched
- felt lightlyA2
- free
- not paid; not controlledA1
- girl
- female childA1
- hands
- parts of the armA1
- it's
- it isA1
- keeps
- stays or continuesA1
- let
- allowA1
- only
- just one; not moreA1
- cause
- make happenA2
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About this song
Christina Aguilera is an American pop, R&B, and hip-hop vocalist known for a four-octave range and chart-topping hits such as “Genie in a Bottle,” “What a Girl Wants,” and “Fighter.” She rose from early teen television to mainstream stardom, later shifting her style across albums like Stripped, Liberation, and the single “Fall In Line.”