Despair and deception   Love's ugly little twins   Came a-knocking on my door   I let them in   Darling, you're the punishment   For all of my former sins      I let love in, I let love in      The door it opened just a crack   But love was shrewed and bold   My life flashed before my eyes   It was a horror to behold   A life-sentence sweeping confetti   From the floor of a concrete hole      I let love in, I let love in   I let love in, I let love in      Well, I've been bound and gagged   And I've been terrorized   And I've been castrated   And I've been lobotomized   But never has my tormentor come   In such a cunning disguise      I let love in, I let love in   I let love in, I let love in      Oh Lord, tell me what I done   Please don't leave me here alone   Where are my friends?   My friends are gone      Oh Lord, tell me what I done   Please don't leave me here alone   Where are my friends?   My friends are gone      I let love in, I let love in      So if you're sitting all alone   And hear a knocking at you door   And the air is full of promises   Well buddy, you've been warned   Far worse to be love's lover   Than the lover that love has scorned      I let love in, I let love in   Yeah, I let love in, I let love in   I let love in, baby I let love in   I let love in, I let love in