From the recording In the Shade of the Porch
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">What a man really needs.</span></p>
Lyrics
<p class="Standard" align="center"><strong>IN THE SHADE ON THE PORCH </strong></p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>VERSE ONE</strong></p>
<p class="Standard">you know that you're my sweetheart </p>
<p class="Standard">Each day inside the kitchen</p>
<p class="Standard">You cook an evening dinner</p>
<p class="Standard">Nothing could be finer</p>
<p class="Standard">you are my special sweetheart</p>
<p class="Standard">Each day you wash my laundry</p>
<p class="Standard">You scrub out all the stains</p>
<p class="Standard">you never do complain</p>
<p class="Standard">I love you like a man</p>
<p class="Standard">is supposed to love a woman</p>
<p class="Standard">The way you care for me</p>
<p class="Standard">You are my honey bee</p>
<p class="Standard">I'd probably drift away</p>
<p class="Standard">if you ever flew away.</p>
<p class="Standard">I guess it's kinda silly</p>
<p class="Standard">I'm feeling kinda guilty.</p>
<p class="Standard"> </p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>VERSE TWO</strong></p>
<p class="Standard">I probably should be happy</p>
<p class="Standard">I'm better off than most</p>
<p class="Standard">You don't run around in town</p>
<p class="Standard">Or treat me like I'm gross</p>
<p class="Standard">Or wack me with a fryer</p>
<p class="Standard">When I hit the can almost</p>
<p class="Standard">I love you like a man</p>
<p class="Standard">is supposed to love a woman</p>
<p class="Standard">The way you care for me</p>
<p class="Standard">You are my honey bee</p>
<p class="Standard">I'd probably drift away</p>
<p class="Standard">if you ever flew away.</p>
<p class="Standard">I guess it's kinda silly</p>
<p class="Standard">that I'm feeling kinda guilty.</p>
<p class="Standard"> </p>
<p class="Standard"><strong>CHANGE</strong></p>
<p class="Standard">I got to be honest with you babe</p>
<p class="Standard">there are things a man needs</p>
<p class="Standard">that a woman can't give</p>
<p class="Standard">You can't call them misdeeds</p>
<p class="Standard">It's justa fact of nature</p>
<p class="Standard">Like a garden full of weeds</p>
<p class="Standard">I'm going to be honest with you babe</p>
<p class="Standard">there are three things this man needs</p>
<p class="Standard">Don't you get mad at me babe</p>
<p class="Standard">Don't wack me and make me bleed</p>
<p class="Standard">But even if you do</p>
<p class="Standard">the truth is where this leads</p>
<p class="Standard">I'm just going to spit it out babe</p>
<p class="Standard">I can't hold it no more</p>
<p class="Standard">Brace yourself babe</p>
<p class="Standard">This may be a war.</p>
<p class="Standard"> </p>
<p class="Standard">I need my dog</p>
<p class="Standard">He's my best bud</p>
<p class="Standard">He sleeps at my feet</p>
<p class="Standard">In the shade on the porch</p>
<p class="Standard"> </p>
<p class="Standard">I need my beer</p>
<p class="Standard">It makes me feel good</p>
<p class="Standard">I think great things</p>
<p class="Standard">In the shade on the porch</p>
<p class="Standard"> </p>
<p class="Standard">I need my guitar</p>
<p class="Standard">She sits on my lap</p>
<p class="Standard">and sings sweet songs</p>
<p class="Standard">In the shade on the porch</p>
<p class="Standard"> </p>
<p class="Standard">I need my dog</p>
<p class="Standard">I need my beer</p>
<p class="Standard">I need my guitar</p>
<p class="Standard">In the shade on the porch (<strong>REPEAT)</strong></p>
<p class="Standard"> </p>