One Good Woman Away

HIS MOM WAS GONE WHEN HE WAS FIVE, AND IT DIDN'T LOOK GOOD FOR THE GOOD LIFE
HE NEEDED A MOTHER'S LIGHT TO SHINE HIM THROUGH
HIS DADDY CAUGHT UP ON THE BILLS BY PULLING DOUBLES AT THE MILL
THEN HE PASSED OUT BY THE TV AND NEITHER OF THEM KNEW
THE SOFT TOUCH, THE SWEET DREAMS THEY WERE CAUGHT IN THE MACHINE
OF THE HARD LIFE, THE LONG DAY, LITTLE TAKE-HOME PAY, AND THEY WERE

ONE GOOD WOMAN AWAY FROM STANDING IN THE SUN
FROM LIVING LONELY TO BEING THE LUCKY ONES
THE LOVE THAT COULD LEAD THEM THROUGH ALL THEIR DAYS WAS
ONE GOOD WOMAN AWAY

OUT OF SCHOOL AND FAR FROM HOME STARTING OVER ALL ALONE
LOOKING FOR THE LOVING THAT HE'D MISSED
HE SPENT HIS CASH ON MUSCLE CARS AND THE WOMEN IN THE CITY BARS
AND WHEN THEY CAME HIS WAY, HE COULD NOT RESIST
THE SOFT SKIN, THE LONG HAIR, THE PERFUME THAT THEY'D WEAR
THE LONG NIGHTS AND THE HIGHWAY BOTH LED HIM ASTRAY, HE STAYED

ONE GOOD WOMAN AWAY FROM STANDING IN THE SUN
FROM LIVING LONELY TO BEING THE LUCKY ONE
THE LOVE THAT COULD LEAD HIM THROUGH ALL HIS DAYS WAS
ONE GOOD WOMAN AWAY

WELL GIRL YOUR LOOKING AT THAT BOY WHO LOST HIS MOTHER
THEN FOOLED AROUND AND ALMOST LOST HIS WAY
I KNOW THAT 'M SO LUCKY THAT YOU FOUND ME GIRL
WELL I NEVER REALIZED UNTIL TODAY I'VE BEEN

ONE GOOD WOMAN AWAY FROM STANDING IN THE SUN
I WAS LIVING LONELY NOW I'M ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES
THE LOVE THAT WILL LEAD ME THROUGH ALL MY DAY - A-A-AYS WAS JUST
ONE GOOD WOMAN AWAY