Cat Steven's search for a "hard headed woman"

Who the heck is he looking for? Is having a “hard head” a positive attribute? Does hard = stubborn? Stupid?

If she’s hard-headed, she’ll stand up for hersefl, and, by extension, for her man.

Like Caldonia. (Did they ever figure out what makes her big head so hard?)

I think he’s singing about his love for a mannequin. Or a woodpecker

“I know many fine feathered friends”

Seriously, though, what I read long ago is that he didn’t know what one was. For all we know, he could have been inspired by Caledonia.

Of course not. He is looking for a woman who is bright, funny and lives in the real world. No time for fashionable woo-woo or superstitious nonsense.

I am happy to have been married to one for many years!

BB King (among others) was a traveling spirit, ranging far and wide to ask this question, but apparently receiving no answer.