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 blindin 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 worse
Then when I was free if it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love.
Four cold walls against my will.
At least I know she'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 miner tracker 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 she'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.
If it hadn't been if it hadn't been for love
If it hadn't been for love.