I Have Loved Me a Man

I have loved me a man, like my momma did I have loved me a man. Tall and tender, his hands like my daddy's were With a mind that understands And the arms that held me when I would cry The lips that kissed away my tears They're a part of the man that my momma loved And I have loved me a man I have wed me a man, like my momma did I have wed me a man I can still feel the warmth of the words he said He held my heart right in his hands And in the morning I would wake by his side And wonder what I could have done To be loved by a man like my momma loved And I have loved me a man I would bear him a child, like my momma did I would bear him a child She'd be gentle and sweet, like my momma was I'd watch her grow and in a while She'd ask me momma what should I want from life And I would tell her with a smile Just be loved by a man like your momma loved And I have loved me a man And I have loved me a man