sweet forgiveness that s what you give to me when you hold me close and you say that s all over you won t go looking back you don t hold the cards too stacked darlin you mean what you say sweet forgiveness you help me see i m not near as bad as i sometimes appear to be when you hold me close and you say that s all over and i still love you there s no way that i could make up for those angry words i said sometimes it gets to hurting and the pain goes to my head sweet forgiveness dear god above i say we all deserve a taste of that kind of love someone who ll hold on to our hand and whisper i understand and i still love you 