You cried a million tears back in my drinking days
I broke your heart for years and through it all you never turned me away
Well I'm standing here and my mind is clear I know now what I've got
And if you only hurt the ones you love sweet darling
You know I must love you a lot

It makes me feel so blue when I think about
All the bad things I would do you had every reason to just walk out
You could've laid me in my grave and you would've been saved
But you never fired a shot
And if you only hurt the ones you love sweet darling
You know I must love you a lot

I'll never understand why you stuck by me
You had every chance to pack your bags and leave
Well sorry's a word that you never heard
But I'll say it till you tell me to stop
If you only hurt the ones you love sweet darling
You know I must love you a lot
[ steel - fiddle ]
I'll never understand why you stuck by me...
I'll never hurt the ones you love sweet darling
You know I must love you a lot