Kind of Woman
 

Written by S. Nicks

Temptation falls in your path No hesitation; why, you ask You have another waiting at home And yes, she matters to you Kind of woman that'll haunt you She matters to you Kind of woman that'll haunt you She matters to you You didn't mean to meet her, you cry Oh but the sun goes down every night She came to you when you were alone Oh yes, does she matter to you Kind of woman that'll haunt you Kind of woman that'll haunt you She matters to you I promised myself...a long time ago Know it would be difficult to let you go Oh, if not at least within The touch of my fingers -- It was close to being In Heaven Kind of woman that'll haunt you Heaven Kind of woman that'll haunt you To being in Heaven Kind of woman that'll haunt you Is to be...in Heaven I know I know

 


WEBMISTRESS speculates:

Stevie has said that she wrote this song back during the Buckingham Nicks days, when Lindsey and she were scraping for every penny. To earn money, he toured as a backup musician for Don Everly while Stevie stayed home and earned money doing things like waitressing and cleaning her producer's house. Times were hard! Anyway, while Lindsey was on these tours, Stevie would worry that groupies would throw themselves at him and he wouldn't be able to resist, that he would be unfaithful to her.

In one of those moments, Stevie wrote this song, imagining a worst-case scenario where Lindsey has had "temptation fall in [his] path" and has given in to it. In doing so, she maintains, he will have given up true love, the "kind of woman that'll haunt" him, for a one-night stand, and he would regret it! It's no excuse that he was lonely - he should have been stronger. The last verse expresses Stevie's regret - she doesn't want to leave the relationship that was like "Heaven" but she can't tolerate cheaters. Lucky for Lindsey this was only a hypothetical situation! He was true blue.

 

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