Yeah, I be goin' down in Florida Where the sun shines damn near every day And sit down on the sand and play Yeah, I think I'll go back to Gainesville That's the place I long to be Yeah, I'll take my woman out on the beach Just to see an old friend of

I like to live the love That i sing about in my song My song is a serious matter It reflects what i feel If i say i love you, i mean it `cause in my song Every line is for real Every man or woman Enjoys going home

She was nice and loving to me in every way Oh, for ten long years Well, it's all over, baby Well, I had a woman Oh, I had a woman Oh, she used to love me Bring my breakfast to the bed every day Yes, she was my pride and joy She was my pride and joy

I'm goin' get up in the mornin', I believe I'll dust my broom Girlfriend, the black man you been lovin', girlfriend, can get my room I'm gon' write a letter, telephone every town I know I don't want no woman, wants every downtown man she meet I believe,

The two of us in the backseat Lights off on a backstreet I showed her and then she showed me Right there, right there in the backseat Yeah in the backseat We was just kids, but she looked like a woman Everything she was, was everything I wanted We were

Lay all your love on me Don't go wasting your emotion Don't go sharing your devotion And all I've learned has overturned I wasn't jealous before we met Now every woman I see is a potential threat And I'm possessive, it isn't nice You've heard me saying

I want to tell you something; Listen to me, I'm trying to say, I'm better than you, I am only what I am" "We must not stand still, For the night is coming, Every man, every woman and child, Everybody help me" I hear, only what I want to hear,

You can bet your last two dollars There ain't no tens All them flaws Scars or tattoos that went rotten Ones you came with or you caused them We all got flaws Flaws, everybody's got 'em The woman that I love, she's purer than a dove I know her best than

Thank God for this woman, Amen Every night I should be on my knees Lord knows how lucky I am I'll never say near enough She gives me faith She gives me grace She gives me hope She gives me strength

Do you, do you want my love Do you, do you want my love, woman But I never seen nothin' like you Do you, do you want my face, I need it! Do you, do you want my mind, I'm saying it! In this life I've seen everything I can see woman I've seen lovers flying