When the Lady Smiles Lyrics

Lyric discussion by patwaters 

Cover art for When the Lady Smiles lyrics by Golden Earring

I can see this as one man seeking love and a stable relationship. Sadly he has been damaged by too many spoiled partnerships. He is a broken man overtaken by sadness leading him down the road to ruin far beyond the last exit. He is clearly insane and finally caught after molesting a nun and a paralegal. The legal system in an ironic turn, gives him a lobotomy and places him the care of his lost love. He ends up a shell of a man, happy to be at foresaken and abandoned abestos factory.

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