Sacrifice - O.V. Wright

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

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

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

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