Woman, She Was Gentle

Lyrics

The woman she was gentle, she took me for awhile When my soul was beaten, she held it like a child Once there was another, she looked so much like you She never could believe these things that I'm telling you She claimed she was the woman who knew the life I craved Some would call her a saviour, while some would call her a slavе But her devotion it betrayеd me, it always broke my thoughts She stabbed me with her silence and I bled and called it love But I was born a sailor with a sailor's lonely life She said the sea it frightened her, she could not be the sailor's wife She said our love was sacred, I agreed that it was blessed Underneath we really knew neither one could be possessed And now even you, my love, have come to expect too much You should see you cannot reach for what you cannot touch But I will wander through your wounds looking for an honest scar To teach me how to sing this song, now, I will sing it well