Artists
Musicians featured in this piece are:
Cat Stevens – lead vocals, acoustic guitar and keyboards
Alun Davies – guitar and backing vocals
John Ryan – double bass
Harvey Burns – drums and percussion
John Rostein – violin
Del Newman – additional arrangements and strings
The song was written by Cat Stevens. Produced by Paul Samwell-Smith, engineered by Michael Bobak.
Note: Stevens later dedicated “Hard Headed Woman” to his wife Fawzia, whom he entered into an arranged marriage with in 1979 following his conversion to Islam. The same core band from Mona Bone Jakon returned for Tea for the Tillerman, recorded at Morgan Sound Studios and Olympic Sound Studios, London.
Cat Stevens – Hard Headed Woman Lyrics
I’m lookin’ for hard-headed woman
One who’ll take me for myself
And if I find my hard-headed woman
I won’t need nobody else, no, no, no
I’m lookin’ for hard-headed woman (hard-headed woman)
One who’ll make me do my best
And if I find my hard-headed woman
I know the rest of my life will be blessed, yes (yes), yes, yes
I know a lot of fancy dancers
People who can glide you on a floor
They move so smooth but have no answers (whoa, whoa, whoa-oh)
When you ask them, “Why’d you come here for? (I don’t know)
Why?”
I know many fine-feathered friends
But their friendliness depends on how you do
They know
Many sure-fire ways
To find out the one who pays
And how you do
I’m lookin’ for hard-headed woman (hard-headed woman)
One who will make me fell so good
And if I find my hard-headed woman (whoa, whoa, whoa-oh)
I know my life will be as it should, yes, yes, yes
I’m lookin’ for hard-headed woman (hard-headed woman)
One who’ll make me do my best
And if I find my hard-headed woman
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