This song goes out to everybody
Who had somebody and you knew they was right
But some kind of way,
You messed up anyhow

I remember when we first met
You said you wanted everything
I tried my best to make it happen
But what you said you didn't mean
And now the tables turned
You feel like your bridge is burned
I just tried to be a man babe
Know you did the wrong thing girl
You don't understand me
I don't think you heard me
(first came the lies,
then came the pain, babe)
You know you hurt me so bad babe
(and now I see, and now I know)
Now I see that you really wasn't ready for me

You can't handle a true man
One who really, really wants to be
You can't handle a true man
Girl I give you my cream and everything
You can't handle a true man
One who really wants you to understand
You can't handle a true man
Said I'll give you all my loving babe
Anytime you want it babe

Tried my best to treat you right girl
But you act like you don't like it
Now I see that we weren't meant to be
Even though I thought that you were made for me
Here I go again,
It feels like a lonely sin,
that I made
How ya just let me go baby
And it really, truly hurts so bad
Why you wanna make me so sad?
(Oh, first came the lies,
then came the pain babe)
Ooooo, why did ya hurt me so bad?
(and now I see, and now I know)
Now I know you wasn't ready
Baby you can't handle it

You can't handle a true man
One who really, really wants to be
You can't handle a true man
Girl I give you my cream and everything
You can't handle a true man
One who really wants you to understand
You can't handle a true man
Said I'll give you all my loving babe
Anytime you want it babe

Yeah, see when I first saw you girl
I truly thought you were the one for me
And one day you finally made me see baby
Too bad you couldn't handle
What I had in store
Messed it up the first time
And now you want some more
You ruined my life,
When you were in my life
And now you wanna make it right

You can't handle a true man
One who really, really wants to be
You can't handle a true man
Girl I give you my cream and everything
You can't handle a true man
One who really wants you to understand
You can't handle a true man
Said I'll give you all my loving babe
Anytime you want it babe

Need a true love,
baby I need a true love
Need someone to treat me right
I don't want to fuss and fight
Need a true love,
Baby I need a true love
And you can't handle a true love

Need a true love,
baby I need a true love
Need someone to treat me right
I don't want to fuss and fight
Need a true love,
Baby I need a true love
And you can't handle a true love

You can't handle a true man
One who really, really wants to be
You can't handle a true man
Girl I give you my cream and everything
You can't handle a true man