Never Been A Woman

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/ Father John Misty /

/ Never Been a Woman /

/ B-side from "I Love You Honeybear" single vinyl /

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key: F major

time: 6/8

tempo: E=110 bpm

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Never been a woman

But I know the pain

The pain of labor

And the warpath of age

I've been with so many

And yet none have seen through

Despite their intuition

The extent of the ruse

Oh, yeah, I've never been a woman

Why must I befriend each

And every girl

I meet the lively lit bars

This dying dark world

I'm doped up on laughter

And they always oblige

This emptiness in me

With wet glassy eyes

Oh, yeah, I've never been a woman

But they've given me my life

True love bears nothing

In common with this

This constant amusement

Some ceaseless caress

Yet I accept nothing

No price could be paid

The occasional miracle

With Marissa or Jane

Oh, now, I've never been a woman

My time here is so brief

I cannot pretend

That I can sustain you

Like this till the end

Don't lie to the ladies

It does not take words

All it takes is an inkling

That you, they can cure

Oh, now, I've never been a woman

That much is sure

Wandering hunger

Honin' corrupt

Lays waiting each moment

While you tend, while you selflessly touch

Satisfy and sate her

The only one in the room I can see

Who is really being pleasured is me, is me, is me

Oh, now, I've never been a woman

But I have known pain

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Jon Sebastian Frederiksen - 10th /May /15

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