The woman's like the night, she comes and goes   She breaks my heart each day and never knows   And the time I spend in sorrow   Will match the time I live   And the time that's left is all I have to give      The woman's like an ivy on a pole   She wraps her twisted love around my soul   There will come a sudden winter   When she'll seek the warmth of day   And there'll come a time when she will come to stay      The woman's like the tide, she comes and goes   She knows the things that I can just suppose   And the time I spend in sorrow   Will match the time that she laughs   And the songs I sing cannot explain but half