Letting You Down

Baby, I know that you're reelin'

A Christian boy shouldn't be stealin’

Please understand though I'm playin’ our hand

It's the devil been doin’ the dealin’

You gave me love 'til I burst at the seams

And what'd you get back from this fool but his schemes

A lifetime behavin', just workin' and savin'

Ain't gotten us nothin' 'cept rottin', old dreams

But oh, I had one thing goin'

Then I go lettin' you down

And don't we all reap what we sow?

Don't it all come back around?

Babe, we got no way of payin' these bills

I say we cut out and head for the hills

Leave them behind us, and when the dogs find us

It'll prove you were right, it's the hopin' that kills

Oh, I had one thing goin'

Then I go lettin' you down

We're all gonna reap what we're sowin'

I seen it all come back around

Sometimes I catch your lip shakin'

My beautiful baby is breakin'

The tremble revealin' there's a wound that ain't healin'

I pray to God I am mistaken

I saw it comin', and I had to brace

Gone in the night without leavin' a trace

Thereby receivin' my karma for thievin'

The death of my soul in a life of disgrace

Oh, I had one thing goin'

And then I go lettin' you down

And didn't I reap what I'd sown?

It sure as hell came back around

It's right that I been forsaken

And I got amends to be makin'

If I could rewind, I'd pay the devil no mind

And your time is all I'd be takin'