WAGES OF SIN

Home demo version 5

Oooh, ooh, ooh, doo, doo doo doo
Aaaah, ooh

Down, da, da da da da da daaaaaaaaaa

Baby when we fight and I wanna talk it out
You don't say nothin', nothin' at all
I wanna sit down and try and work it out
I think you like keeping my back against this wall

Wages of sin you keep me payin'
Wages of sin for the wrongs that I've done
Wages of sin, I keep stayin'
Why can't someone tell me what it is I've done

Baby I say something, you cry that you're hurt
Each time it happens and you rip my shirt
Baby if someone keeps saying
Baby night, night after night I'm payin'

Wages of sin I keep payin'
Wages of sin for the wrongs that I've done
Wages of sin, I keep payin'
All my life I've been guilty but I don't know what it is I've done

There was a man standing at the iron gate
Carrying a heavy stone in the hot sun
And when I asked him if I could help him lift his weight
All he said was, "leave me alone son"

Wages of sin, son I'm payin'
Wages of sin for the wrongs that I've done
Wages of sin... payin'
I don't give up, for I don't know what it is I've done

I don't need a new baby or good care
Baby I've been spendin' nighttime prayin'
I don't need, a good, rare...
Little voice come out of nowhere
In this, baby, just to keep each other payin'

Wages of sin... Wages of sin, I keep payin'
Wages of sin for the wrongs that I've done
Wages of sin, I keep payin'
Oh, what have I done?

I keep losin' but I keep playin'
My life I'm guilty but... I keep playin'
All my life I've been guilty but I don't know what it is I've done
I don't know, baby
I don't know, baby

I don't know, baby
Whooah
Shhh

Info

The above lyrics are for an acoustic home demo take of WAGES OF SIN recorded, according to Brucebase, at Thrill Hill Recording (Springsteen's home studio) in Colts Neck, NJ, sometime between January and April 1982. Among the five circulating demo takes of WAGES OF SIN, this is the closest to the official studio version. It can be found on The Lost Masters Vol. 10 (Labour Of Love) bootleg.

Bruce Springsteen -- The Lost Masters Vol. 10 (Labour Of Love)

Credits

Thanks Jake (ol'catfishinthelake at BTX and Greasy Lake) for the lyrics help.

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