You didn't know I wasn't free   When you fell in love with me   And with all your young heart you learned to care      It brought you shame and disgrace   The world has tumbled in your face   'Cause they call our love a back street affair      They are to say I wrecked your home   You're a husband that's gone wrong   They don't know the sorrow that we had to bear      For the one I'm tied to   Was the first to prove untrue   Now they call our love a back street affair      We have each other now   That's all that matters anyhow   For the judgment of gossip's never fair      We'll just be brave and strong   Then someday they'll see they're wrong   Let 'em call our love a back street affair      We'll be free to love someday   When all the talk has died away   And the happiness we hoped for then we'll share      We'll climb a mountain high   Then the world will hear us cry   That our love was not a back street affair   No, our love was not a back street affair