when i look back upon my life 
it"s always with a sense of shame 
i"ve always been the one to blame 
for everything i long to do 
no matter when or where or who 
has one thing [bad word] too 

it"s a 
it"s a 
it"s a 
it"s a sin 
it"s a sin 
everything i"ve ever done 
everything i ever do 
every place i"ve ever been 
everywhere i"m going to 
it"s a sin 

at school they taught me how to be 
so pure in thought and word and deed 
they didn"t quite succeed 
for everything i long to do 
no matter when or where or who 
has one thing [bad word] too 

father forgive me 
i tried not to do it 
turned over a new leaf 
then tore right through it 
whatever you taught me 
i didn"t believe it 
father you fought me 
"cause i didn"t care 
and i still don"t understand