A Woman
Written: 1974
Writers: David Jenneson, Alan Hovden
Status: Recorded but unpublished
Genre and Style: Pop ballad
Comments: Dave: Al came up with the melody first and it was so simple I had a hard time keeping the lyrics plain, open and accessible. It has an unfulfilled longing which is universal. I’ve always imagined it as being sung by a young woman living in a rooming house having a drink alone and staring out her window on a summer’s night.
Comments: Al: I was living in a house with 3 woman when I wrote the melody… must have had something to do with my relating to them.
A woman
Do you care if there’s a woman?
Do you climb the stairs knowing
A woman
Could make your life shine?
Cause if you listen
There’s a heartbeat you’ve been missing
There’s a well that’s full of wishing
There’s a woman
With you on her mind
This warm spring night touches my shoulder
I walk from room to room
It seems so clear
All you fear
Is something you’ve never tried
A woman
Are you warm beside a woman?
Is your pride worth more than loving?
A woman
A woman
Are you so unkind?
The summer evening’s arms around me
Vermouth I’m sharing with the moon
The leaves turn slow
They touch the snow
And there’s something you’ve never tried.
A woman.