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