Uploaded September 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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'If You Were the Woman And I Was the Man" is a live track from 'Black Eyed Man' - the fourth studio album by Cowboy Junkies, released in 1992.

Lyrics:

If you were the woman and I was the man
Would I send you yellow roses?
Would I dare to kiss your hand?
In the morning would I caress you
Like the wind caresses the sand?
If you were the woman and I was the man

If I were the woman and you were the man
Would you send me yellow roses?
Would you dare to kiss my hand?
In the morning would you caress me
As the wind caresses the sand?
If I were the woman and you were the man

If I was the heart and you were the head
Would you think me very foolish
If one day I decided to shed
These walls that surround me
Just to see where these feelings led
If I was the heart and you were the head?

If I was the woman and you, you were the man
Would I laugh if you came to me
With your heart in your hand
And said, "I offer you this freely and will give you all that I can
Because you are the woman and I am the man?"

Songwriter: Michael Timmins
If You Were the Woman and I Was the Man lyrics © Paz Junk Music