The woman's like the night She comes and goes She breaks my heart each day And never knows, And the time I spend in sorrow Will match the time I live And the time that't left is All I have to give. The woman's like an ivy On a pole She wraps her twisted Love around my soul There will come a sudden winter When she seeks the warmth of day And there'll come a time When she will come to stay. The woman's like the tide She comes and goes She knows the things that I can just suppose. And the time I spend in sorrow Will match the time that she laughs And the songs I sing Cannot explain but half.