Christina Aguilera - What A Girl Wants

What a girl wants, what a girl needs
Whatever makes me happy sets you free
What a girl wants, what a girl needs
Whatever keeps me in your arms, 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

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 bein' there for me

A weaker man might have walked away
But you had faith strong enough
To move over and give me space
While I got it together, yeah, while I figured it out

They say, if you love somethin', let it go
If it comes back, it's yours and that's how you 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 givin' it to me

What a girl wants, what a girl needs
Whatever keeps me in your arms
And I'm thankin' you for bein' there for me
Oh baby, oh darlin', I thank you, thank you, oh yeah

I found me somebody sensitive and tough
Somebody down when the goin' gets rough
Every night he'll be givin' his love
To just warm down, warm down, warm

Somebody cool, somebody tender too
Somebody, baby, just like you
Can keep me hangin' around
With the one who always knew

What a girl wants, what a girl needs
Whatever makes me happy sets you free
Ooh, 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
And I'm thankin' you for givin' it to me

What a girl wants, what a girl needs
Whatever keeps me in your arms
And I'm thankin' you for bein' there

What you got is what I need
All that you want
What I want, oh yeah

Oh baby, oh darlin', I thank you
Thank you for givin' me what I need
And for what I want, oh yeah

"What a Girl Wants"
Single by Christina Aguilera
from the album Christina Aguilera
B-side	"Too Beautiful for Words"
Released	November 28, 1999[1]
Format	CD single
Recorded	1998 (Album version) September 1999 (Re-recorded version)[2]
Genre	Teen pop, R&B
Length	3:52 (Album version) 3:22 (Re-recorded version) 3:35 (Video version)
Label	RCA
Writer(s)	Shelly Peiken, Guy Roche
Producer(s)	Guy Roche
Christina Aguilera singles chronology
"Genie in a Bottle" (1999) "What a Girl Wants" (1999) "I Turn to You" (2000)

What a Girl Wants" is a song by American recording artist Christina Aguilera, taken from her self-titled debut album (1999). A re-recorded version was released on November 28, 1999 by RCA Records as the second single from the album, following the commercial success of the lead single "Genie in a Bottle". The song was written by Shelly Peiken and Guy Roche. After the pair were improvising lyrics with a cassette recorder, Peiken decided to return to it at a later date. The song was completed and pitched to RCA executive Ron Fair as "What a Girl Needs" and was renamed "What a Girl Wants"; Fair later gave the track to Aguilera. A Spanish version of the song, titled "Una Mujer," was included in Aguilera's second studio album Mi Reflejo (2000).