When we fight, I wanna talk it out You won't say nothin', nothin' at all You just sit, there you won't open that pretty mouth I think you like keeping my back up against the wall Wages of sin you keep me payin' Wages of sin for the wrongs that I've done and Wages of sin you keep me payin' Wages of sin, one by one I walk in the apartment, there's clothes thrown all over the place You're crouched in the corner with make-up runnin' down your face and I don't wanna believe what my, what my heart keeps sayin' You keep me on the line so you can keep me payin' Wages of sin, yeah we keep payin' Wages of sin for the wrongs that we've done and Wages of sin, yeah we keep payin' Wages of sin, that's how we have our fun I remember when I was a little boy out where cottonwoods grow tall Tryin' to make it home through the forest before the darkness falls Baby, all the sounds I heard, even if they weren't real I was runnin' down that broken path with the devil snappin' at my heels And I tried so hard, so hard in every way Swore some day I'd grow up and just throw it all away Cried all the tears, baby, that I could cry Stomached all my fears till they just rushed up inside Darlin', I'm losing and it's a mean game Still, I play on and on just the same Wages of sin, yeah I keep payin' Wages of sin for some wrongs that I've done and Wages of sin, yeah I keep payin' Wages of sin, one by one