when you love a sinner you hate the sin you hate the temptress in the bottle seducing him again and you blame the cold for the winter when you love a sinner i tell myself that everything s okay i paint a pretty smile on my face he lies and says i ll change but on his breath and in his veins the truth still remains deep down you know that it s a crime you know you didn t pull the trigger but you re the one who does the time and i ve been going under and now i understand that you can t tread water with a drowning man i love a sinner i justify it how i can so it s the sin i m leaving not the man