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