For Every Lonely Lady
For every lonely lady there’s a man that’s just her type
That’s gonna love her in the mornin’ after he loves her through the night
But not all of us are lucky, no not all of us are blessed
The world is filled with failures that tried to do their lovin’ best
And for every desert flower there’s a dozen cactus spines / spikes
And for every idle hour there’s a true love left behind
And all of us are children, no not all of us are young
Some of us are foolish and some are just plain / playing dumb
Even if you are a great beauty, that is no guarantee
A fish may love a birdie but he still won’t climb that tree
Oh there is no easy answer, there’s no one way to get by
You may spend your life through Jesus or you may waste it drinking his wine
Oh we’ve got to learn our lessons, yeah we’ve got to lead our lives
You may be tempted by the devil or you may always do what’s right
And they say the soul is immortal, and our father’s in the sky
And He heards us like a shepherd into His paradise
And if that’s what makes you happy, it doesn’t matter if it’s true
But I don’t need no here nor after, I’ve got my paradise right here with you!!!
I wrap my lyric on the landscape, I sing my song beneath the sun
My true love’s waiting at the end of the road I’m walking on.
November 20th, 2005
The last three/four lines of this, the peak of the song, leave me almost speechless.
September 29th, 2006
chords: key of E (i think)
E F#m G#m
For every lonely lady,
A E
There's a man just her type
B C# D#
who's gonna love her in the morning
A E
After he loves her through the night
ending:
F#m G#m
i wrap my lyric on the landscape
A E
sing my song beneath the sun
November 19th, 2006
For Every Lonely Lady – one of my all-time favorite versions 12-30-2005 The Independent, SF
For Every Lonely Lady – Another favorite version is not on Archive.org yet, it’s from CBB 2004 (coming soon)
April 18th, 2007
A definite rarity, this song was first done acoustic as CBB (and is arguably best as an acoustic song). Really heartfelt lyrics from Trevor on two pretty serious topics – love and religion. It’s currently not on a studio recording, and perhaps it’s best that way. The live setting really leaves this song raw, which makes it all about the emotion of Trevor’s words, the piano, and some really nice accompanying work by the rest of the band.
Personal favorite version 2005-01-20 Cafe Du Nord acoustic.