vietnam

To really love a woman
To understand her - you gotta know her deep inside
Hear every thought - see every dream
N' give her wings - when she wants to fly
Then when you find yourself lyin' helpless in her arms
Ya know ya really love a woman

When you love a woman you tell her that she's really wanted
When you love a woman you tell her that she's the one
Cuz she needs somebody to tell her that it's gonna last forever
So tell me have you ever really - really really ever loved a woman?

To really love a woman
Let her hold you - til ya know how she needs to be touched
You've gotta breathe her - really taste her
Til you can feel her in your blood
N' when you can see your unborn children in her eyes
Ya know ya really love a woman

When you love a woman you tell her that she's really wanted
When you love a woman you tell her that she's the one
Cuz she needs somebody to tell her that you'll always be together
So tell me have you ever really - really really ever loved a woman?

You got to give her some faith - hold her tight
A little tenderness - gotta treat her right
She will be there for you, takin' good care of you
Ya really gotta love your woman...

Then when you find yourself lyin' helpless in her arms
Ya know ya really love a woman
When you love a woman you tell her that she's really wanted
When you love a woman you tell her that she's the one
Cuz she needs somebody to tell her that it's gonna last forever
So tell me have you ever really - really really ever loved a woman?

Just tell me have you ever really,
really, really, ever loved a woman?
Just tell me have you ever really,
really, really, ever loved a woman?
-Bryan Adams

I was in JC Penny when I heard this song and it reminded me of my dream last night... Probably because I felt so safe in spite of the situation:
I dreamt that I was in Vietnam during the war (probably because I'm reading a book about it right now), and I got shot in the stomach during a shoot-out. I remember the feeling... It went really deep. I was scared. I walked for a while to get to the helicopter to help me. And I somehow ended up at one of my really good friends houses who conveniently knows a ton about guns and crazy stuff like that. I told him that I wasn't sure if it had hit the artery in my stomach, because if it had, then I would surely die. His mom was there, who's a nurse, and I asked her if she thought it had hit the artery and she said she wasn't sure but probably not. But I was suddenly really cold and couldn't stop shivering. The dream ends with me laying on the couch w/ a buncha blankets over me and my friend laying next to me trying to comfort me and keep me warm... Oh yeah - and another one of my random friends came in and went off on how I get a purple heart. Wow...