You know, I been thinkin' about something lately, baby

Come sit down here, I got something to tell you

You know, these past few days have been magical

You made me feel like a hundred bucks last night

And the breakfast you cooked up this morning tasted like it was made from the big restaurant in the sky

Nonetheless, I noticed lately that you been thinkin' about settling down

And uh, gettin' us a little cabin in the woods together

Maybe couple chickens, couple dogs, couple kids

And you know, and I

You know, I really think that sounds lovely, baby, but uh

I got something real important to tell ya

So I hope you're sitting down

Here it comes, baby

Well, I don't need no woman tellin' me

When to go bed and when to brush my teeth

Girl, if you ain't my mama, please don't try to be

Yeah, you can't change this old hound dog

No, you can't fix me, what, what?

I'ma keep a-hootin' and a-hollerin'

And drinkin' liquor and gettin' high

I'm never gonna be the man you want me to be

I'm a rebel till I die

He don't need no woman

He don't need no man

He don't need no woman

He don't need no man

'Cause I been living on the outskirts of society my whole life

And I ain't never gonna be like all the stupid things that you like

Never gonna like them, ma'am

Yeah, I don't need no woman

Need no, need no man

To tell me what I can't do or what I can

He don't need no woman

He don't need no man

He don't need no woman

He don't need no man

Well, I don't need no woman, no woman telling me

When to go to bed, when to pick up all my things

Girl, I don't need to clean my room until I want to

'Cause I'm a free man, baby, I belong to the open road

And by the time the morning comes, honey

I'll be hoppin' on out of here like a frog or a toad

(Just like a toad)

(Just like a toad)

He don't need no woman

He don't need no man

He don't need no woman (I don't need no woman telling me)

He don't need no man

He don't need no woman

He don't need no man

He don't need no woman

He don't need no man