Woman, She Was Gentle

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