Released: December 6, 2019
Songwriter: Ian Gillan Ian Paice Jon Lord Ritchie Blackmore Roger Glover
[Verse 1]
There once was a woman
A strange kind of woman
The kind that gets written down in history
Her name was Nancy
Her face was nothing fancy
She left a trail of happiness and misery
I loved her
Everybody loved her
She loved everyone and gave them good return
I tried to take her
I even tried to break her
She said, "I ain't for taking, won't you ever learn?"
[Chorus]
I want you, I need you, I got to be near you
I spent my money as I took my turn
I want you, I need you, I got to be near you
Ooh, I got a strange kind of woman
[Verse 2]
She looked like a raver
But I could never please her
On Wednesday morning boy, you can't go far
I couldn't get her
But things got better, she said
"Saturday nights from now on baby, you're my star"
[Chorus]
I want you, I need you, I got to be near you
I spent my money as I took my turn
I want you, I need you, I got to be near you
Ooh, I got a strange kind of woman
Wooh, wooh, wooh, wooh
She's my soul, I love you
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
I want you, I need you, I got to be near you
I spent my money as I took my turn
I want you, I need you, I got to be near you
Ooh, I got a strange kind of woman
[Verse 3]
She finally said she loved me
I wed her in a hurry
No more callers and I glowed with pride
I'm dreaming
I feel like screaming
I won my woman just before she died
[Chorus]
I want you, I need you, I got to be near you
I spent my money as I took my turn
I want you, I need you, I got to be near you
Ooh, I got a strange kind of woman
[Instrumental Break]
[Outro]
I love you babe
There once was a woman
A strange kind of woman
The kind that gets written down in history
Her name was Nancy
Her face was nothing fancy
She left a trail of happiness and misery
I loved her
Everybody loved her
She loved everyone and gave them good return
I tried to take her
I even tried to break her
She said, "I ain't for taking, won't you ever learn?"
[Chorus]
I want you, I need you, I got to be near you
I spent my money as I took my turn
I want you, I need you, I got to be near you
Ooh, I got a strange kind of woman
[Verse 2]
She looked like a raver
But I could never please her
On Wednesday morning boy, you can't go far
I couldn't get her
But things got better, she said
"Saturday nights from now on baby, you're my star"
[Chorus]
I want you, I need you, I got to be near you
I spent my money as I took my turn
I want you, I need you, I got to be near you
Ooh, I got a strange kind of woman
Wooh, wooh, wooh, wooh
She's my soul, I love you
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
I want you, I need you, I got to be near you
I spent my money as I took my turn
I want you, I need you, I got to be near you
Ooh, I got a strange kind of woman
[Verse 3]
She finally said she loved me
I wed her in a hurry
No more callers and I glowed with pride
I'm dreaming
I feel like screaming
I won my woman just before she died
[Chorus]
I want you, I need you, I got to be near you
I spent my money as I took my turn
I want you, I need you, I got to be near you
Ooh, I got a strange kind of woman
[Instrumental Break]
[Outro]
I love you babe
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- Guitar Solo (Live in Rome 2103)
- The Well-Dressed Guitar (Live in Rome 2013)
- Lazy (Live in Rome 2013)
- Above and Beyond (Live in Rome 2013)
- No One Came (Live in Rome 2013)
- Key Solo (Live in Rome 2013)
- Hush (Live in Rome 2013)
- Bass Solo (Live in Rome 2013)
- Strange Kind of Woman (Live in Rome 2013)
- Hard Lovin’ Man (Live in Rome 2013)
- Into the Fire (Live in Rome 2013)
- The Mule
- Space Truckin’
- Perfect Strangers
- Bodyline
- All the Time in the World
- Vincent Price
- Contact Lost
- Fireball (Live in Rome 2013)
- Black Night (Live in Rome 2013)
- Live in Rome 2013 (2019)
- Smoke on the Water
- Soldier of Fortune
- Child in Time
- Perfect Strangers
- Highway Star
- Hush
- Burn
- When a Blind Man Cries
- Strange Kind of Woman
- All I Got Is You
- Knocking at Your Back Door
- Space Truckin’
- Black Night
- Lazy
- Speed King
- Stormbringer
- Fireball
- The Surprising
- Maybe I’m a Leo
- Pictures of Home
- Mistreated
- Into the Fire (1970 live)
- Second Movement: Andante
- Long Time Gone