When a Woman

When a woman cuts your hair
she ties a little ribbon there
the little ribbon that she ties
is invisible to other eyes
but you can always feel it there
when a woman cuts your hair

when a woman calls your name
it never again quite sounds the same
and all through your runnin’ years
it will ring that way in your ears
you’ll want to hear it again and again
when a woman, when a woman…..

when a woman touches you
there’s nothing you can do
that part of you has been told
been touched and turned to gold
even if you didn’t want it to
when a woman touches you

when a woman hides her eyes
something deep inside you dies
gets there like a knife
apologize, apologize
cause no starvation so denies
as when a woman, when a woman…..