More a Woman — A self-possessed adult woman stands in her bright Merced workshop beside a motorcycle, tools, seedlings and mirrors reflecting her many strengths

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More a Woman

Words by Douglas Heyes Jr. Listen to the recorded versions and follow the lyric below.

Original Doug Heyes lyrics · AI-generated music & vocals

The narrator describes a tenderness he understands as the feminine part of his heart, contrasting it with war, outward toughness and years of concealment. A new relationship makes that inward life easier to acknowledge. His offer of companionship is grounded in empathy, emotional honesty and the wish to care for someone without hiding himself.

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Recorded versions

3 recordings. Different voices and arrangements bring another side of the song into the light.

Lyrics

More a Woman

Words by Douglas Heyes Jr

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MORE A WOMAN

I can rumble like the thunder
Or fall gently like the rain
Sometimes I stop and wonder
Why I feel your pain
This influence I’m under
I cannot understand
My heart is more a woman than a man

Beauty for the ages
Wise beyond her years
Ever ready with a smile
To wash away your tears
She sometimes speaks in languages
That I can’t understand
My heart is more a woman than a man
I can see the rainbow
And the sunlight on the floor
I can feel my heartbeat
When you come in through the door
I am like a rock made up
Of particles of sand
And my heart is more
A woman than a man

Took me years to realize
That I just could not hide
From the sweet persuasion
That moved me from inside
And if I had occasion
To tell the truth, I lied
It’s so long and lonely road
And oh, the tears I cried

I have been to war
I have seen the desert sand
I swam across the river
And I saw the Promised Land
I have been a player for the Leader Of The Band
My heart is more
A woman than a man

I live somewhere in between
The music and the song
The wind was singing in the trees
The night you came along
I saw that you were crying
Someone had done you wrong
You need someone to care for you
Please let me be there for you

Never did I dream
That you’d come home with me
Ever since I was a kid
I’ve been alone, you see
I believe that all of this
Is just part of a plan
And my heart is more
A woman than a man

I'll be there in the morning
When you go on your way
I’ll be waiting for you
At the dimming of the day
I'll be there beside you
When you reach for my hand
My heart is more
A woman than a man

Beauty for the ages
Wise beyond her years
Ever ready with a smile
To brush away your tears
She sometimes speaks in languages
That I can’t understand
My heart is more
A woman than a man
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