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The Ways of a Woman

from Big Dreams and the Bottom Line by John Lester

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The Ways of a Woman
words and music by John Lester


How many Gods can man create
That turn him away from the love of his chosen one
His perfect mate
No I don't know why
We've sacrificed
All the Ways of a Woman

How many demons did our deities really burn
What priestly purpose could wipe out all the lives of those
Who helped the souls safe return
Through the healings
And through a healthy birth
And through the Ways of a Woman

She gave us life
And she gives us love
She's the earth and our connection to the heavens above
For all our saviors where born of her
I feel it's time that the world return
To the Ways of a Woman

Open your ears and let history speak
The tales of a time when the strength of a man
Didn't mean his partner was weak
She had the magic of the moon
Her cycle kept the world in tune
To the Ways of a Woman

Now does the bible really lead you to believe
All it took was Adam's rib and less than half a day
To start the beauty of Eve
No that was just a metaphor
Just an open door
Into the Ways of a Woman

How did the power people miss the point
Is Jesus Christ crying because the power to anoint
Was simply stolen from his mothers hands
When it really didn't matter
That he gave his message to us as a man

I've often wonder
How can our world survive
With all this separateness and pride
And as a man
I'll cry out to all my brothers
Maybe we can build a better race
If we might only just embrace
The Ways of a Woman


©John Lester

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from Big Dreams and the Bottom Line, released August 25, 2003
John Lester - vocal, solo 6 string fretless bass, loop recorder

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Award-winning singer-songwriter, bassist and multi-instrumentalist.

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