when we fight and i wanna talk it out you won t say nothing nothing at all you just sit there you won t open that pretty mouth i think you like keeping my back up against the wall wages of sin you keep me paying wages of sin for wrongs that i ve done wages of sin you keep me paying wages of sin one by one i walk in the apartment there s clothes thrown all over the place you re crouched in the corner with makeup runnin down your face i don t wanna believe what my what my heart keeps saying you keep me on the line so you can keep me paying wages of sin we keep paying wages of sin for the wrongs that we ve done wages of sin yea we keep paying wages of sin that s how we have our fun i remember when i was a little boy out where the cottonwoods grow tall trying to make it home through the forest before the darkness falls baby all the sounds i heard even if they weren t real i was running down that broken path with the devil snapping at my heels i tried so hard so hard in every way swore someday i d grow up and just throw it all away cried all the tears baby that i could cry stomached all my fears till they came rushin up inside darlin i m losin and it s a mean game still i play on and on just the same wages of sin yea i keep paying wages of sin for some wrong that i ve done wages of sin well i keep paying wages of sin one by one