Story Behind The Song

I was actually sitting at a bar in Roanoke when a woman came up and asked me this question.

Lyrics

What a Man Wants
Written by Mo Stroemel
Copyright 2006 by Long Tree Music (ASCAP)

Sitting on a stool in a Roanoke bar, trying to mind my own.
Talking to the guy sitting next to me, I was telling him about my home.
When a blue eyed blonde pushed in between us, and she pulled a stunt
She looked at me and said, "What do men want?"

And I said cold beer, comfortable shoes, a thick juicy steak.
Go fast, turn left, a good spot at the lake.
Well, you can talk about, you can analyze it, but what a man wants,
Is a woman who knows just what he wants.

Well, I know I shoulda been more polite, but just couldn't help myself.
So she flipped her hair and she headed off to ask somebody else.
Sooner or later she was back at the bar, and I knew she was in the hunt.
When she cornered a guy and said, "What do men want?"

And I yelled a shot of Jack, a Stetson hat, good power tools.
A riding mower, snow blower, an in ground pool.
Well, you can talk about, you can analyze it, but what a man wants,
Is a woman who knows just what he wants.

Well, why she ever brought it up, I don't know.
But you think that sooner or later, she'd let it go.

INTERLUDE

Well I couldn't see her anywhere as I looked around the room,
So I made my move and I headed for the door, but I guess I left a little too soon.
She was standing by the door looking mighty bored as she shoved me in the telephone booth
Then she opened the door and said, "Tell me the truth"

And I said a perfect game, the Super Bowl, our picture with the Stanley Cup
Tattoo, cowboy boots, good hunting pup
Well, you can talk about, you can analyze it, but what a man wants,
Is a woman who knows just what he wants.

And I said a power boat, a leather coat, a Martin guitar
Snowmobile, good fly reel, a muscle car.
Well, you can talk about, you can analyze it, but what a man wants,
Is a woman who knows just what he wants.
Yeah a guy wants a woman who knows what he wants.