I met a woman once,

I met a woman once,

she was smiling through her tears

and I knew I had to stay

and not just for a single day

I met a woman once,

she just laughed away her ache

and I couldn't walk away

she had so much to say

I met a woman once,

she dreamed on a bed of thorns

there grew roses where she lay

and her demons they would slay

I met a woman once,

she could talk despite the hurt

to her words my heart did sway

into my life she did foray

I met a woman once,

she is smiling at these lines

in her pretty little way

for none else did I pray