It's A Sin

A woman pacing near me while waiting for the MAX train, stops & spits out: “What you do is a sin!”

I smile & state: “Baby, it is if you do it right.”

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 in common, too

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 & word & deed

They didn't quite succeed

For everything I long to do

No matter when or where or who

Has one thing in common, too

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

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

& I still don't understand

So I look back upon my life

Forever 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 in common, too

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

Lowe/Tennant

1987