Alexei Panshin's The Abyss of Wonder
 
 
   
 
 
 


All the Way


 
I'm sick of too much and I'm tired of too little
I want a woman who'll play things down the middle
Who won't say "yes" when she really means "no"
Use me for a steppin' stone, rip me off and go
Say to me that I'm like no other
So she can borrow my car to meet my brother
I want a woman who'll go all the way
'Cause I got a long long way to go

I need a woman who needs a man
   Who needs a woman who needs a man
I need a woman to understand
   I need a woman who needs a man

If you're sick of too much and you're tired of too little
And you want a man who plays it down the middle
Who won't say "no" when he oughtta say "yes"
Won't leave ya hangin', won't make ya guess
Won't say "tomorrow," won't say "maybe"
Won't say, "I don't make commitments, baby"
If you want a man to go all the way
Then watch my lips, hear me say:

I need a woman who needs a man
   Who needs a woman who needs a man
I need a woman who can understand
   I need a woman who needs a man

Ya heard what I said:
Don't want no warmed-over thirdhand disney armpit loose-cannon
        soap-opera ticky-tacky sticky-fingered wishy-washy woman
   I want the real thing
Don't want no "me me me"
   Gotta be "us" or nothin'
Don't want no half-hearted love
   If you ain't got a whole heart, don't come knockin' at my door
I want to go all the way

'Cause I need a woman who needs a man
   Who needs a woman who needs a man
I need a woman who understands
   I need a woman who needs a man
 
 

-- by Josh Wachtel and Alexei Panshin

 
 

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