I had something on my mind
Looked like trouble in the city
It was time to cross the line
And get down to the nitty gritty
Started setting up in the cafes
And singing all night to the furniture
For watered down lemonade
Didn’t look like life was gonna be too pretty
Trying to make the grade
Oh for a woman’s love
All for a woman’s love
But all I was dreaming of
Was shining like the stars above
Well I wrote her a serenade or two
Waited thinking she might come into view
But the chances were slim
The plot too thin
She could move as smooth as a desert wind
But she was there in every bed I laid
In every dodgy joint I played
And while the hoods and the hats and the cats in shades
Were counting up the cash they’d made
I went inside and prayed
Oh for a woman’s love
All for a woman’s love
But all I was dreaming of
Was shining like the stars above
There was a sharp looking fellow that could move like a cat
The only one around who knew where it was at
Took me down to where the river runs black
And disappeared leaving me to follow the track
I walked along and within less than a mile
There lived a lonely woman with a pretty smile
She owned the village hall, we lived in style
Thought I’d found a place I could forget it all
For a while
Oh for a woman’s love
All for a woman’s love
But all I was dreaming of
Was shining like the stars above
Well I stayed with her a little more than a year
Wasn’t quite love but it was near
And to my heart she’ll always be dear
But right along it was all too clear
That life was never gonna be that kind
Woke up one night with her on my mind
Staggered down the hall like a man gone blind
Hit the road and left another chapter far behind
Oh for a woman’s love
All for a woman’s love
But all I was dreaming of
Was shining like the stars above
It was then that I knew that I was alone
Could no longer see a road back home
Don’t know how it happened but it seemed I’d grown
Into the archetypal rolling stone
There were fields where strange seeds were sown
And trees where pretty birds had once flown
Desolation where a great wind had blown
And a child walking straight into the unknown
Oh for a woman’s love
All for a woman’s love
But all I was dreaming of
Was shining like the stars above
I was walking alone one night in the rain
Heard a voice from the past calling my name
I turned around she’d hadn't changed
The fire inside still remained
Why she’d come she didn’t explain
I said “was it curiosity or need”
She said she’d simply got on a train
I held her close and we both agreed
That true love
Was in the soft caress of the rain
And true love was a hurricane
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