The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - How Long ? lyrics

You were on your own, I was on the road You were awful lonesome, I was awful cold You wanted love songs but that's not enough So how long must we punish each other For the sin of falling in love You were on the phone, I was on the floor And the boy was staring out the kitchen door He hears our fighting and he takes it rough So how long must we punish each other For the sin of falling in love ? Well, there's a whole lot worse that a man can do There's greater crimes for women too Than to give the holy power of love a place to stand Now we're looking back through a sack of woe There's a boy with a stack of reasons to know Why we can't forgive each other a woman and man You were in the air, I was in the sea Boy was in the basket with friends on the beach It don't take much asking to receive that stuff So how long must we punish each other For the sin of falling in love ? Oh, how long must we punish each other For the sin of falling in love ?