IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR LOVE

I never would have hitchhiked to Birmingham,
If it hadn't been for love.
I never would have caught the train to Louisiana,
If it hadn't been for love.
Never would have run through the blinding rain,
Without one dollar to my name
If it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love.

I never would have seen the trouble that I'm in,
If it hadn't been for love.
I would have been gone like a wayward wind,
If it hadn't been for love.
Nobody knows it better than me
I wouldn't be wishing that was free,
If it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love,

Four cold walls against my will,
At least I know he's lying still.
Four cold walls without parole,
Lord have mercy on my soul.

Never would have gone to that side of town,
If it hadn't been for love.
Never would have took a mind to track him down,
If it hadn't been for love.
I never would have loaded up a .44
Put myself behind a jail house door,
If it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love.
If it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love.

Four cold walls against my will.
At least I know he's lying still.
Four cold walls without parole,
Lord have mercy on my soul.

I never would have hitchhiked to Birmingham,
If it hadn't been for love.
I never would have caught the train to Louisiana,
If it hadn't been for love.
I never would have loaded up a .44
Put myself behind a jail house door,
If it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love.

por Gabrielle L.