O.V. Wright — Sacrifice

[Intro] You know, I guess you're wondering why A man would like to sing a sad, slow, and lonely song But you'd be surprised What a man will do When the one he loves is gone People, I've only ever been in love two times in my life And as strange as it seems, it was the same girl twice Oh, this girl made me weep, and she made me moan She broke my little heart, and left me all alone You see, my hearts been broken more times than the Ten Commandments And I've been made to cry more times than a weeping willow You understand what I'm saying? So if you see a man out there tonight Walking with tears in his eyes And pain in his heart It'll be me If I had one last song to sing I believe it'd go something like this [Verse 1] Tonight I walk, baby These streets alone I can feel the pain Coming on strong I got no one (No one) To say sweet things to me I'm lonely, lonely as a man can be Try to make me pay (Pay) By living my life (Pay) (Living my life) I sacrificed (Sacrificed) See, love ain't nothing but sacrifice Sometimes I wonder How many years, baby Oh, Lord, is there in front of me Before I find someone who really loves me Who's gonna set my heart free [Bridge] But only the good Lord (Lord) For the Lord knows Lord, what have I done? To cause all this pain and war She's trying to make me pay (Pay) That awful price Of sacrifice Love ain't nothing but sacrifice [Verse 2] I went to my dear old mother and said Mother, dear, mother, dear, mother, dear Your baby boy got pain in his heart The girl I love tonight Oh, we're so far apart, hah She looked at me with tears in her eyes And replied by saying these words to me Boy, each night, you pray Oh, she'll come and break these chains one day You've got no one to call your own In other words my baby boy is all alone She's trying to make him pay But he can't take it She's trying to make him pay But she can't make him Oh I can't pay, no, no, no (Pay the price) I can't pay (The sacrifice) I'd give it all