For The Love Of A Woman Like You Song Lyrics and Chords
For The Love Of A Woman Like You Song Lyrics and Chords by Faron Young
For The Love Of A Woman Like You
Recorded by Faron Young
Written by
Jack Rhodes and Gertrude Cox
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give up my
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preach or I'd steal I would
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lie or be
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love of a woman like
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you
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meet you in a mansion or a
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dance hall each night
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be the lowest sinner or
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die for what is
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right
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life sentence I'd
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do
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love of woman like
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you
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place by the
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sea
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live like a
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beggar or a banker I would
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be
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love of woman like
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you
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tear down a mountain work my
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fingers to the bone
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live like a gypsy
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contented just to
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roam
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I would wait for a lifetime to
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hear you say I
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do
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love of woman like
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you
FAQ
Who sang the the song For The Love Of A Woman Like You?
- The song For The Love Of A Woman Like You was sang by Faron Young.
Who is Faron Young?
- Faron Young (February 25, 1932 - December 10, 1996) was an American country music producer, singer and songwriter from the early 1950s into the mid-1980s. Hits including "If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')" and "Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young" marked him as a honky-tonk singer in sound and personal style and his chart-topping singles "Hello Walls" and "It's Four in the Morning" showed his versatility as a vocalist. Known as the Hillbilly Heartthrob, and following a singing cowboy film role as the Young Sheriff, Young's singles charted for more than 30 years. In failing health, he died by suicide at 64 in 1996. Young is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.
