(verse 1) She plays her cards close to the vest To hide the heart she wears on her sleeve Sometimes she's caught between the woman that she is And the one she's expected to be But with an innocent smile And the soul of a child She's always giving more than she can When a woman loves a man When a woman loves a man (verse 2) She knows how to hang on your every word And she knows how to look the other way She'll whisper to you what no man has ever heard Secrets she would never give away With her arms open wide She'll take you inside And hold you in the palm of her hand When a woman loves a man When a woman loves a man She will be there to the end When a woman loves a man. (bridge) And when all you've got to give her Is nothing more than a dream She'll sacrifice for love to prove to you Her mind's made up Stand by you through everything