Since Valentine’s week is fading from view I thought I’d share one parting thought. Here are the lyrics to a great song by an equally great friend of mine.

In honor of my wife, Vickey…

For the love of a woman
A man unlocks his heart
And reveals all the secrets it holds
And the love of a woman
Will find his better part
When he gives her the key to his soul

He will listen to her dreams
He will ask her what she needs
He will help her build the life she wants to live
He will hold her when she cries
With a love that never dies
All these things he will give
For the love of a woman

For the love of a woman
A man will sacrifice
While he waits for a moment of praise
With the love of a woman
A man will pay the price
For the truths that he sees in her face

He will open any door
Leave the life he knew before
To convince her that he’s all she’ll ever need
And when he’s afraid to start
He will step into the dark
‘Cause he knows she’ll give his eye the power to see
With the love of a woman

And he promises to help her dreams true
No there’s nothing in this world that he won’t do
Though he’s not a work of art
He will try with all his heart
To become the man she knows that he can be
With the love of a woman

The love of a woman
He will give his life
For the love of a woman

Lyrics by Tyler Castleton

Recorded by Martina McBride and Jericho Road