Brown Woman

Brown Woman

Mm, your kisses taste like home to me
And your smile is like a sweet island song
Mm, we’re moving in harmony
In this tropical rhythm is where I belong

And now I know why all the white girls didn’t seem right
Now I know why I’m gonna sleep good tonight
Now I know why

Brown woman give a brown man wings
Brown woman strum a brown man’s strings
Ease my suffering
Hear this brown man sing
Brown woman’s where a brown man’s from
A brown woman calling make a brown man come
Sweeter than honey rum
Brown woman, brown woman

Mm, your love is like a summer breeze
Through the mango trees on an island shore
Mm, your skin gets me drunk just as well
As a bottle of San Miguel, let me drink some more

And now I know why all those white girls didn’t seem right
Now I know why I’m gonna sleep good tonight
Now I know why

Brown woman give a brown man wings
Brown woman strum a brown man’s strings
Ease my suffering
Hear this brown man sing
Brown woman’s where a brown man’s from
A brown woman calling make a brown man come
Sweeter than honey rum
Brown woman, brown woman

Like a summer breeze through the mango trees
You love me sweet and slow
Like a slow jam sung in our island tongue
You move me down below
When you’re not beside me baby
When you’re gone and I’m alone
Umiiyak, umiiyak, ang puso ko*

Brown woman give a brown man wings
Brown woman strum a brown man’s strings
Ease my suffering, please
Brown woman’s where a brown man’s from
A brown woman calling make a brown man come
Sweeter than honey rum
Brown woman, brown woman

* My heart cries (translated from Tagalog)