She was seventeen, a teenage queen
Hair down her back and blond
A schoolgirl then, a schoolboy's dream
More beautiful as time moves on

I watched her grow, saw her glow
I was her teacher, she was the best
She was in my dream every night
Straight A's in every test

All good things come to those who pray
If chance comes by don't hesitate
Just keep faith with the man above
Now's she the woman I love (She's the woman I love)

Now's she the woman I love (She's the woman I love)
Now's she the woman I love (She's the woman I love)
Now's she the woman I love (She's the woman I love)
Now's she the woman I love (She's a woman)

I saw her again she was twenty-one
Married to that son of a gun
But she had made a fateful choice
He was drinking with the boys

I was thirty-four, closed the door
On a goin' nowhere kind of romance
At a school reunion blew my chance
When I didn't ask her to dance

All good things come to those who pray
If chance comes by don't hesitate
Just keep faith with the man above
Now's she the woman I love (She's the woman I love)

Now's she the woman I love (She's the woman I love)
Now's she the woman I love (She's the woman I love)
Now's she the woman I love (She's the woman I love)
Now's she the woman I love (She's a woman)

She was forty then, we met again
This time I wouldn't hesitate
All good things come to those who pray
Just don't leave it 'til to late

All good things come to those who pray
If chance comes by don't hesitate
Just keep faith with the man above
Now's she the woman I love (She's the woman I love)

Now's she the woman I love (She's the woman I love)
Now's she the woman I love (She's the woman I love)
Now's she the woman I love (She's the woman I love)
Now's she the woman I love (She's a woman)

Now's she the woman I love (She's the woman I love)
Now's she the woman I love (She's the woman I love)
Now's she the woman I love (She's the woman I love)
Now's she the woman I love (She's the woman I love)
Now's she the woman I love (She's a woman)

Now's she the woman I love (She's the woman I love)
Now's she the woman I love (She's a woman)