[Lyric] The Woman (John Wesley Harding)

You're vague with information
Your memory's selective
All my tried and tested methods
Rendered ineffective
A detective needs his criminal
A hero needs his villain
To me, you will always be the woman

You're a well-known adventuress
I needed your corrective
I hadn't been wrong for so long
Till you put things in perspective
A detective needs a case to solve
A hero needs his villain
To me, you will always be the woman

You'rе the grit in my instrument
The crack in my lеns
Most desired of all my enemies
Most admired of all my friends
You eclipse the whole of your sex
That's me being objective
I'll sit and practice my guitar
Await your next directive
A detective needs some clues, some signs
A hero needs his villain
To me, you will always be the woman

A scandal in Bohemia
A Handel retrospective
I gave you gifts for Christmas
You rejected as defective
A detective needs to work out
Who's the hero, who's the villain
To me, you will always be the woman

You're the grit in my instrument
The crack in my lens
Most desired of all my enemies
Most admired of all my friends

Goodnight, goodnight, goodnight Irene
I treasure your invective
Your photo on my mantelpiece
Has also been effective
A detective needs his criminal
A hero needs his villain
To me, you will always be the woman