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Love Of A Woman

from Time's Moving On by Roy Smiles

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Written & performed by Roy Smiles. Guitar by David Mayberry. Keyboards & produced by Simon Walker, at Loophole Studios, Brighton. For Clare Stark.

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Love Of A Woman

Well, I’ve been to heaven and I’ve been to hell
But which was which? Well, I never could tell
Been beaten by life and kicked as I fell
It was the love of a woman that saved me
It was the love of a woman that saved me.

Been thrown in the gutter and thrown up to the sky
Been saved for salvation but knew it a lie
Been so forsaken even statues might cry
It was the love of a woman that saved me
It was the love of a woman that saved me.

What made Jack Daniels famous made a loser out of me
What gave the south its comfort brought me only misery
There was no such thing as drinking responsibly
It was the love of a decent woman that finally set me free.

Guzzled red wine like a pig at a trough
No matter how much it was never enough
My liver surrendered but I called its bluff
It was the love of a woman that saved me
It’s was the love of a woman that saved me.

Chorus
What shall we do with the drunken sailor, what shall we do with the drunken sailor?
What shall we do with the drunken sailor, earl-aye in the morning?
Sail away down the High Street, sail away down the High Street
Sail away down the High Street, until you drown your dreams.

What made Jack Daniels famous made a loser out of me
What gave the south its comfort brought me only misery
There was no such thing as drinking responsibly
It was the love of a decent woman that finally set me free.

Instrumental.

Chorus

The woman stood by me she wouldn't let me hide
For the way I was drinking was a slow suicide
She gave me back my soul, my future, my pride
It was the love of a woman that saved me
It was the love of a woman that saved me
It was the love of a woman that saved me.

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from Time's Moving On, released June 4, 2015

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Roy Smiles London, UK

Roy Smiles has recorded ten albums:
'Drunks & Dreamers' (2011), 'Time's Moving On' (2012),'Seize The Day' (2013), 'Autumn Song' (2014), 'Bremen' (2014), 'The Trains & The Rain' (2015), 'Northern Angels'.(2018), 'Lost Souls' (2020), 'November's Child' (2023) & 'Tales Of The Ocean' (2023).
All available on Bandcamp.
Contact: roy.smiles@aol.co.uk. ... more

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