[Verse 1: Jade Vincent]
I don't pretend to know the ways of the world
A means to an end seems the way
Who has the most of whatever's best
All the better
May the best man win
An eye for an eye
Is a blind man's rule
I wasn't born to follow
I'm nobody's fool
Any other man
Can swoon and soar
(Is that true?)
Truth is seldom found
(By a man)
When a woman is around

[Pre-Chorus: Jade Vincent, Tanya Mellotte]
When a woman is around
Your folly, your joy
No one can know
What makes you sigh, what makes you cry

[Chorus]
Lose that Cheshire grin
Take it like a man
Keep what's yours
Leave me mine
[Verse 2: Jade Vincent]
At the moment you could say
I am presently optimistic
Fuck the travails that bedevil
Put simply
For now
I acquiesce
Even now as it was then
So it will always be
The bridge has only widened
Lest your disguise is worthy
I was never born to lose
I belong to no party
Suspicion clouds
(A man's heart)
When a woman is around

[Pre-Chorus: Jade Vincent, Tanya Mellotte]
When a woman is around
Your folly, your joy
No one can know
What makes you sigh, what makes you cry

[Chorus]
Lose that Cheshire grin
Take it like a man
Keep what's yours
Leave me mine
Lose that Cheshire grin
Take it like a man
Keep what's yours
Leave me mine
[Outro]
When a woman is around
When a woman is around
When a woman is around
When a woman is around
When a woman is around...