I guess you were once my woman.

But I was just a boy.

And I assumed I was your romance,

Crushed rose petals scattered in joy.



I guess I caught the first taste of tears,

The salt that would line your eyes.

Every time you caught your beauty

And for all those men who lied.



For in you I smelt a mother,

The softness within your skin.

Oh, it was in you I felt a lover,

That clench in my stomach,

That causes men to sing.



And I guess you were once my woman,

And I wish I could return

Into those breezy arms,

And feel the familiar pages turn.