You Want to Be a Woman

"You Want to Be a Woman"
Demo by Rivers Cuomo
Album	Alone IX: The Make Believe Years
Released	November 22, 2020
Recorded	2003
Length	2:27
Writer(s)	Rivers Cuomo

"You Want to Be a Woman" is a demo recorded by Rivers Cuomo.

Appearances

• Alone IX: The Make Believe Years (2020)

Overview

"You Want to Be a Woman" was demoed acoustically at the band's rented office space in 2003, as a potential track for the band's planned fifth album. The song was one of hundreds of demos leaked onto riverscuomo.com on November 7, 2020. A few days later, on November 11, the song was listed and quickly sold to a user on the site's demo storefront, where it was thereafter shared among fans. The song was soon after released on November 22 as part of the digital compilation Alone IX: The Make Believe Years.

Known recordings

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Rivers Cuomo	You Want to Be a Woman	01 You Want To Be A Woman.mp3	2003		2:27	Alone IX: The Make Believe Years

Lyrics

"I've got my what wide?" It is not presently possible to verify some of the lyrics due to lack of verifiable sources, insufficient fidelity of audio, or mumbled vocal delivery. We encourage users to accept this ambiguity and refrain from attempting to guess.

I feel a dagger turning in my heart
I don't even know where I can start
Can we wake up from this dream?

You want to be a woman
What can I do?
You want to be a woman
Can I love you?

I ... the way you were
You were the one thing of which I was sure
Now you wanna blow my mind

You want to be a woman
What can I do?
You want to be a woman
Can I love you?

I don't know if I can adapt to this
There are so many thing that I will miss
I guess I should let it go

You want to be a woman
Can I love you?
You want to be a woman
What can I do?

See also

• Office demos
• riverscuomo.com demos
• List of Rivers Cuomo songs