I say I will, but then I won't Say I do, but then I don't It happens every day I hate the sinner, love the sin It's a sorry state I'm in I've got to get away Every time I throw that stone The fate I'm sealing is my own You know how much I need Forgiveness, forgiveness I can't live without Forgiveness, forgiveness That's what love's about Forgiveness I say forgive and then forget But I ain't learned to do it yet You'd think I'd know by now I know how to hurt someone Been on both sides of that gun Pulled the trigger anyhow When I'm hurting someone else I only hurt myself I've got to let it go Forgiveness, forgiveness I can't live without Forgiveness, forgiveness That's what love's about Forgiveness A thousand wrongs don't make a right Just nobody wins When the bridges start burning Can't you hear my cry? Forgiveness, forgiveness I can't live without Forgiveness, forgiveness That's what love's about Forgiveness, forgiveness I can't live without Forgiveness, forgiveness That's what love's about Forgiveness, forgiveness Forgiveness, forgiveness