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One Woman, Many Women, No Woman: Love

I.
I danced one dance on our wedding day.
It was over in a moment and I felt you pull away.
It was over in a moment but a moment was enough
for my life to be lit up in a flash of your love.

And I thought:
One woman, one feeling,
to follow wherever it goes,
to follow wherever it goes.
I'll follow wherever it goes.

Then a snake bit my ankle and I sat down on the grass.
It was over in a moment and I felt the pain pass.
But the flower girls were crying and the stars burst above.
And I saw my life fading in a flash of your love.

And I thought:
One woman, one feeling,
to follow wherever it goes,
to follow wherever it goes.
I'll follow wherever it goes.

And I went down, down,
underground, underground.
I went down ...

II.
I lifted my head
in the land of the dead.
I felt in the darkness where the bodies meshed.
There were hands on my eyes.
There are hands on my thighs
and for a moment, a moment, I was nothing but flesh.

And my soul went swimming in a sea of women.
There was a sea of women running through my heart.
My soul went swimming in a sea of women.
There was a sea of women running through my heart.

What was I looking for?
What was I looking for?
I was trying to remember before it shut me down.
Was it her? Was it her? 
No, it was all a blur!
And I prayed my love would never let me drown.

And my soul went swimming in a sea of women.
There was a sea of women running through my heart.
My soul went swimming in a sea of women.
There was a sea of women running through my heart.

You better quit your sinning!
You better quit your sinning!
Can't you see those women are going to break you down.
No, no, no, all will be well,
although I drift through hell
because if I love, my love will never let me drown.
If I love, my love will never let me drown.
If I love, my love will never let me drown.
Let me drown.
Let me drown.

III.
"Wake up, Mr. Silverbeard,
can't you see you're getting old?"
"Yes, I see the window's frosted
and the winter air is cold."
"What will you do for company
when your maid goes for the day?"
"I'll climb up that old mountainside,
and there, this song I'll play:

"I've got no woman, I've got no wife,
but I've got my heart and I've got my life
and I don't give a damn about the worry and strife
that comes from wanting more.
I don't want no more."

"Tell me, Mr. Silverbeard,
did you let her slip away?"
"All things slip away, my dear, 
you'll discover that some day."
"Tell me, Mr. Silverbeard,
 is there nothing that you regret?"
"I don't regret the past, my dear,
because I don't understand it yet.

"I've got no woman, I've got no wife,
but I've got my heart and I've got my life
and I don't give a damn about the worry and strife
that comes from wanting more.
I don't want no more."

"So what can I do, Mr. Silverbeard,
in the hour before I go?"
"Just sit right there. You look so much

like a girl I used to know ..."


IV.
I woke up
and it was still there.
Our love was still there.
Our love is everywhere.

I saw the empty room
in the cold morning glare.
Our love is still there.
Our love is everywhere.

You didn't come home,
no, you didn't come home,
but honey, I don't care.
Our love is still there.
Love is everywhere.

I just wanted to tell you that
last night, I dreamed three dreams,
and I woke up aware
that love is still there,
that love is everywhere.

First, I dreamed I was a young man,
a lover, and I died in despair.
But love was still there.
Love is everywhere.

Then I dreamed I was a dead man,
a lost soul, drifting lonely and scared.
But love was still there.
Love is everywhere.

Then I dreamed I was an old man,
all alone. I had a life no one would share.
But love was still there.
Love is everywhere.

Do you hear what I'm singing?
I know you hear what I'm singing,
though I'm singing it to the air.
Our love is still there.
Love is everywhere.

One woman, many women, no woman,
oh Lord, it's the same heart, I swear.
Love is still there.
Love is everywhere.

One woman, many women, no woman,
oh Lord, it's the same pain to bear.
But love is still there.
Love is everywhere.

Love is still there.
Love is everywhere.
Love is still there.
Love is everywhere.

Tam Lin

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