You say you never really understood me, I didn't know You say, that loving wasn't what you thought it would be Well how could I know ´bout the truth and the innocent lies? Was I supposed to believe in the dawn of your smile? It takes a man to make Venus a woman It takes a man to treasure the gold in her hands If you really care about the Venus, the woman Then the gold in her hands won't suddenly turn to sand That's were we stand You think your man enough to walk on water, I didn't know You'd say, you never ever really tried to bother Well I thought that honesty went hand in hand with a man Here I am, obviously I didn't quite understand It takes a man to make Venus a woman It takes a man to treasure the gold in her hands If you really care about the Venus, the woman Then the gold in her hands won't suddenly turn to sand That's were we stand That's why I say I've always been a free spirit But you didn't know