Album: Fireball (1971)

Charted: 8

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• 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 takin' won't you ever learn
  
  I want you, I need you, I gotta be near you
  I spent my money as I took my turn
  I want you, I need you, I gotta be near you
  Ooh, I got a strange kind of woman
  
  She looked like a raver
  But I could never please her
  On Wednesday mornings, 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"
  
  I want you, I need you, I gotta be near you
  I spent my money as I took my turn
  I want you, I need you, I gotta be near you
  Ooh, I got a strange kind of woman
  
  Ooh, my soul, I love you
  
  I want you, I need you, I gotta be near you
  I spent my money as I took my turn
  I want you, I need you, I gotta be near you
  Ooh, I got a strange kind of woman
  
  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
  
  I want you, I need you, I gotta be near you
  I spent my money as I took my turn
  I want you, I need you, I gotta be near you
  Ooh, I got a strange kind of woman Writer/s: Ian Gillan, Ian Paice, Jon Lord, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover
  Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 10

• David Boden from County DownI always asumed this was about a prostitute
• Fred from Phoenix, AzAbsolutely it’s about a hooker, maybe that’s why it failed to become a hit in the puritanical United States. It did get radio play in Los Angeles and I bought the 45. It’s my personal favorite track from 1971. Great stuff from the mighty Purple MK II.
• Phil56 from CaWe have all had or wanted "that type".... The average looking gal in high school / college / work who had a great bod, flirty, self confident and adventurous. Whatever she may have lacked in the "1-10" looks category, she more than made up for it in other ways...
• John from Seattle Wa. UsaThe song is about a guy that is a friend of the band and the scenario that he finds himself in when he falls for an evil kind of hooker that dies soon after they are finally married.
• Nancy from Isle Of Wight, United KingdomI hope she wasn't a hooker, women called Nancy never seem to do well in songs or literature. In this song she dies, in the Leonard Cohen song she shoots herself, in Oliver Twist she's a victim of domestic murder. Only songs by frank Sinatra bode well for girls called Nancy. :(
  I'd like more information on how she died if anyone knows.
• Phil from Fakeville, CanadaI stiill think it's about a hooker. It has to be.
• Stefano from Rome, ItalyI agree: sad story. But a great rock track with evident bluesy flavour. Their 1971 album Fireball had another great song with these characters, The Mule.
• Devon from Westerville, Ohgood song. but a sad story about the girl.
• Dylan from Waxhaw, NcOn the CD sleeve for Fireball's 25th anniversry release, it says this song is about a hooker.
• Jim from Aurora, CoAnd here I thought it was about a hooker...

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