While I Was Loving You

For awhile while we were on the run
 We had too misery, too much fun
 Back then I guess either one would do
 For awhile while I was loving you
 The stars were brighter and the river ran deeper
 The wind was warmer and the whiskey sweeter
 Me, I was learning how
 Much a believer can do
 For awhile while I was loving you
 I loved you tender, I loved you wild
 Like a fatherless devil, like a motherless child
 Lord when you left me, it felt like you cut me in two
 For awhile while I was loving you
 When I think of it now it's all like a dream
 I lived in a world that was not what it seemed
 I was believing that all of my dreams had come true For awhile while I was
 loving you
 I loved you tender, I loved you wild
 Like a fatherless devil, like a motherless child
 Lord when you left me, it felt like you cut me in two
 For awhile while I was loving you