Your Woman

White Town is Jyoti Mishra, who sings and records dance music using synthesizers and samples. According to the Your Woman Songfacts, Mishra recorded this on an 8-track in his spare room in Derby and played it to his girlfriend, who encouraged him to do something with it. He could only afford to press 5 copies, and he sent one of them to the DJ Simon Mayo at Radio One, who started playing it. It became the most requested track of the week and as a consequence he landed a deal with EMI. It sold 165,000 copies the week it was released shooting to #1 despite his refusal to appear in a video or on British TV to promote it. Your Woman was inspired by the song My Woman, which was written by ‘Al’ Bowlly, a popular singer in the United Kingdom during the 1930s. He made more than 1,000 recordings between 1927 and 1941.

[Verse 1] Just tell me what you've got to say to me I've been waiting for so long to hear the truth It comes as no surprise at all you see So cut the crap and tell me that we're through Now I know your heart, I know your mind You don't even know you're being unkind So much for all your highbrow Marxist ways Just use me up and then you walk away Boy, you can't play me that way [Pre-Chorus] Well I guess what you say is true I could never be the right kind of girl for you [Chorus] I could never be your woman I could never be your woman I could never be your woman I could never be your woman [Verse 2] When I saw my best friend yesterday She said she never liked you from the start Well me, I wish that I could claim the same But you always knew you held my heart And you're such a charming, handsome man Now I think I finally understand Is it in your genes I don't know But I'll soon find out, that's for sure Why did you play me this way [Pre-Chorus] Well I guess what you say is true I could never be the right kind of girl for you [Chorus] I could never be your woman I could never be your woman I could never be your woman I could never be your woman [Bridge] Well I guess what they say is true I could never spend my life with a man like you [Chorus] I could never be your woman I could never be your woman I could never be your woman I could never be your woman