this song tells exactly how when i was while i was sitting back on my deep pile reclining chair thinking about my life and all the good things that happened well it just came to mind to me that yeah came to mind to me that i ain t been treatin her too bad too well too well no i been pushin her round and you know there comes a time in every mans life when he s got to look over his misdemeanors misgivings misfortunes and miss whatever her name is yeah i ll say you re sorry sorry i m sorry i m sorry cos i been telling you lies standing on your face i been making you cry all over the places lord i should have known yeah i should ve known better well i could not phone lord i i could i could i could but i m i m sorry i m sorry i m sorry you know i m crazy sorry sorry sorry baby baby baby i think this time i realized get down on my knees and apologies oh lord i didn t know when i hurt you i didn t know when you cried i didn t know when you screamed lord i didn t know when you stopped to cry i didn t know when you called i didn t know when you hurt i didn t know sweet mama i didn t know i should i am i m sorry i m sorry i m sorry i m sorry i m sorry i m sorry