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When A Woman Loves A Man (1934)

lyrics by Johnny Mercer

music by Gordon Jenkins & Bernie Hanighen

Maybe he's not much just another man
Doing what he can
But what does she care
When a woman loves a man

She'll just string along
All through thick and thin
Till his ship comes in
It's always that way
When a woman love a man

She'll be the first one to praise him
When he's goin' strong
The last one to blame him
When everything's wrong
It's such a one-sided game that they play
But women are funny that way

Tell her she's a fool
She'll say yes I know
But I love him so
And that's how it goes
When a woman loves a man

(bridge)

Tell her she's a fool
She'll say yes I know
But I love him so
And that's how if goes
When a woman loves a man