(Cool guitar intro)


There's so many reasons

A man will commit a crime

Frustration's gnawin' at him

Twisting up his mind


He's tickin' like a bomb

That may go off at any time


I'm not here to make excuses

I didn't walk into it blind


It was plain old greed

Took something that wasn't mine


It was the weakness for a woman

That made me step across the line


What made it so bad

Was that I had a woman of my own


And she never did wrong to me

Almost did her best to make our home


From these cheatin' seeds I planted

Some big-time grief has grown


There's never been a man who's lived a perfect life

I cut three hearts to pieces

Didn't even use a knife

I didn't have the common decency

To lay off my brother's wife


(Saxophone solo)


(Guitar solo)


No they won't put me in prison

I'll be doing some hard time


Child supporting alimony

Taking my very last dime


I didn't think about the damage

When I stepped across the line

(Cool guitar outro with screaming at the end!)