Woman, she was gentle, she took me for awhile; When my soul was beaten, she held it like a child. Once there as another, she looked so much like you; She never could received these things that I'm telling you. La la la la la la la la She claimed she was the woman who knew the life I craved; Some would call her a savior while some would call her a slave. Her devotion, it betrayed me, always broke my thoughts, She stabbed me with the silence and I bled and called it love. La la la ... But I was born a sailor with a sailor's lonely life; She said the sea it frightened her, she couldn't be the sailor's wife. She said our love was sacred, I agreed it was blessed; While underneath we really knew neither one could be possessed. La la la ... Now even you my love have come to expect too much; You should see you cannot reach for what you cannot touch. So I will wander through your wounds lookng for an honest scar, To teach me how to sing this song, now I will sing it well La la la ... Woman, she was gentle, she took me for awhile; When my soul was beaten, she held it like a child. Like a child, la la la la la la.