This is the story of love that came undone   This is the story of two men   And a gun of two men and a gun      A man that I'd never met stole my wife and son   But that's been nearly three years now   And it's over with and done      At first I'd stare out into space   While hate consumed my soul   Hate was the creed by which I lived   And revenge my only goal      But the road to happiness isn't paved with hate   I'm glad I learned how to forgive before it was too late      Now here's the way the other man   Paid for what he'd done   I heard it from the man's own lips   Who took my wife and son      I didn't really know this man but I'd seen him 'round   He's a new guard at the factory   Where I work, west of town      This fellow swung into step with me and said I've got to talk   I listened spellbound at his words   As we stood on the walk      You, the guard said hoarsely   Are a kind man, I surmise   As he stood there with his handkerchief   Wiping in his eyes      Three years ago I wronged a man   I stole his wife and son   I didn't realize then the terrible thing that I had done      This thing gets hold of me at night   And I can't sleep or rest   Forgive me, sir, but telling it   Seems to get it off my chest      When my past looms up like this   It kinda helps me to unload   I'm one man, sir, who knows for sure   That you reap just what you sow      I sure appreciate your listening, it helps me a lot   You know to have that man's forgiveness   I'd give everything I've got      Well, I feel much better now I, I didn't get your name   More why that was my wife's name before we wed   It's odd your name's the same      You know I'd kill a man   Who'd do to me the thing that I've done   And when the truth got through to him   He handed me his gun      As I gave the weapon back   I said what's done is done   All I ask is just be kind to Jenny and my son