I never would have hitchhiked to Birmingham

If it hadn't been for love

I never would have caught the train to Louisiana

If it hadn't been for love

Never would have run through the blindin rain without one dollar to my name

If it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love.

I never would have seen the trouble that I'm in

If it hadn't been for love.

I would have been gone like a wayward wind

If it hadn't been for love

Nobody knows it better than me

I wouldn't be worse then when I was free

If it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love.



(Chorus)

Four cold walls against my will.

At least I know she's lying still.

Four cold walls without parole

Lord have mercy on my soul



Never would have gone to that side of town

If it hadn't been for love.

Never would have took a miner tracker down

If it hadn't been for love.

I never would have loaded up a .44, put myself behind a jail house door

If it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love.

If it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love.



(Chorus)

Four cold walls against my will.

At least I know she's lying still.

Four cold walls without parole

Lord have mercy on my soul



I never would have hitchhiked to Birmingham

If it hadn't been for love

I never would have caught the train to Louisiana

If it hadn't been for love

I never would have loaded up a .44, put myself behind a jail house door

If it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love.

If it hadn't been if it hadn't been for love

If it hadn't been for love.