In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
There are so many answers to the question what y'all do for us and so many
Reasons for the word why we love on y'all for instant how ya' take us and lift
Us up and give us chance after chance and we still find a way to to F-things up
And sometimes y'all go and blame yourselves for thing's we do cause you love us
So much our lies become the truth y'all try so
So hard to make things work finding a way to smile just to keep from showing
Your hurt within
Your mind vs (its) Your hearts vs (its) Your soul vs (your) your body vs our
Bullshit (and) our ego's (and) our pride (that's why) that's why I love the word
WOMAN oh I love I love y'all are our so tough y'all put up with so much that's
Why I love the word woman uh huh oh I love I love y'all so full of trust and
Besides y'all know us that's why I love the word woman time and time again
Y'all let's us back in man I love y'all so much that's why I got to spell it out
W O M A N that's what's its all about, yeah
Sometimes I think that we're the reason why y'all be stressing out and smoking
Cigarettes yes I do and sometimes I think that we're the reason y'all be
Snapping off on your kids and having fits somebody feel me, Ladies when it's
That time of the month and y'all really don't feel like being bothered and
Sometimes we take y'all hearts for granted I know y'all got to ask yourselves
Sometimes why do I even put up with his shit
Your mind vs (its your) Your hearts vs (its your) Your soul vs (it's your) your
Body (vs our bullshit)our bullshit our ego's (and our)our pride that's why I
Love the word woman said I love the word yeah y'all are so so tough and y'all
Put up with so so much..That's why I love the word woman, and y'all so
Full of trust and beside y'all know us that's why I love the word woman time
And time and time again y'all let us back in and I love you so much I got to
Spell it out W O M A N fellows just swallow your pride for a minute and grab
Your lady by the hand and say
Baby I'm sorry for the drama that I cause you, y'all are the backbone of every
Family this much is true sing it, I recognize being a woman and what y'all go
Through and I appreciate every single one of you yes I do baby I promise from
This day I will show respect I promise to love y'all yeah with all my might
Yeah I'll even burn a candle light because we are here cause y'all paid a price
That's why I love the word woman and that's why I love the word woman oh oh
Y'all put up with so much yeah
That's why I love the word woman and your so so full of trust y'all the one
That's why I love the word woman your soul survivors yeah all the love battles
Oh oh
That's why I love the word woman sister y'all cook our meals y'all wash our
Clothes hey y'all our the love seeds planted in our souls hey hey when I think
About the woman I just get joyful inside where I just want to break down and
Cry that's why I love the word woman listen ladies like a sister lover cousin
Mother auntie friend my joy within the reason seasons your so pleasing your the
Lock and we're the key created by the all mighty forever as the birds and bees
All whatever you want until we stop breathing..that's why I love the word woman
Reasons for the word why we love on y'all for instant how ya' take us and lift
Us up and give us chance after chance and we still find a way to to F-things up
And sometimes y'all go and blame yourselves for thing's we do cause you love us
So much our lies become the truth y'all try so
So hard to make things work finding a way to smile just to keep from showing
Your hurt within
Your mind vs (its) Your hearts vs (its) Your soul vs (your) your body vs our
Bullshit (and) our ego's (and) our pride (that's why) that's why I love the word
WOMAN oh I love I love y'all are our so tough y'all put up with so much that's
Why I love the word woman uh huh oh I love I love y'all so full of trust and
Besides y'all know us that's why I love the word woman time and time again
Y'all let's us back in man I love y'all so much that's why I got to spell it out
W O M A N that's what's its all about, yeah
Sometimes I think that we're the reason why y'all be stressing out and smoking
Cigarettes yes I do and sometimes I think that we're the reason y'all be
Snapping off on your kids and having fits somebody feel me, Ladies when it's
That time of the month and y'all really don't feel like being bothered and
Sometimes we take y'all hearts for granted I know y'all got to ask yourselves
Sometimes why do I even put up with his shit
Your mind vs (its your) Your hearts vs (its your) Your soul vs (it's your) your
Body (vs our bullshit)our bullshit our ego's (and our)our pride that's why I
Love the word woman said I love the word yeah y'all are so so tough and y'all
Put up with so so much..That's why I love the word woman, and y'all so
Full of trust and beside y'all know us that's why I love the word woman time
And time and time again y'all let us back in and I love you so much I got to
Spell it out W O M A N fellows just swallow your pride for a minute and grab
Your lady by the hand and say
Baby I'm sorry for the drama that I cause you, y'all are the backbone of every
Family this much is true sing it, I recognize being a woman and what y'all go
Through and I appreciate every single one of you yes I do baby I promise from
This day I will show respect I promise to love y'all yeah with all my might
Yeah I'll even burn a candle light because we are here cause y'all paid a price
That's why I love the word woman and that's why I love the word woman oh oh
Y'all put up with so much yeah
That's why I love the word woman and your so so full of trust y'all the one
That's why I love the word woman your soul survivors yeah all the love battles
Oh oh
That's why I love the word woman sister y'all cook our meals y'all wash our
Clothes hey y'all our the love seeds planted in our souls hey hey when I think
About the woman I just get joyful inside where I just want to break down and
Cry that's why I love the word woman listen ladies like a sister lover cousin
Mother auntie friend my joy within the reason seasons your so pleasing your the
Lock and we're the key created by the all mighty forever as the birds and bees
All whatever you want until we stop breathing..that's why I love the word woman
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Heart of a Woman Lyrics as written by Robert S. Kelly
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