Woman hold her head and cry 'Cause her son had been shot down in the street and died From a stray bullet Explaining to her was a passerby Who saw the woman cry (cry) How can she work it out Now she knows that the wages of sin is death, yeah! Gift of Jah

She was my lover She was working undercover Oh the woman knew all of the moves She really had me rompin' We were barefoot stompin' She just kept igniting my fuse I was blinded by the blackness Of her long silk stockings She was rocking with an optical

Most of us are sad No one lets it show I've been shadows of myself How was i to know? Tell me scarlet sun What will time allow? We have brought our children Here who can save them now? Oh, weeping woman try to smile

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

Oh, my, don't the sky look spacious With the stars all shinin' down Well, I can hear the night wind howlin' It's a high and lonesome sound And I ain't had a woman in so long I can't feed my starvin soul Come on, saddle up, boys, we're gonna ride into

Oh, mocking bird, have you ever heard Words that I never heard? My woman is gone (woman is gone) If you see me, if you see me, if you see me She had left me a note hanging on my door She say she couldn't take it, she couldn't take any more The pressure