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 tormenter come in such a cunning disguise

i let love in
i let love in
i let love in
i let love in

o lord, tell me what i done
please don't leave me here alone
where are my friends?
my friends are gone

o 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
i let love in
i let love in
i let love in
i let love in
i let love in
i let love in