Robert Cray Band Across The Line lyrics

There's so many reasons
A man will commit a crime
Frustration's gnawin' at him
Twisting up his mind

He's tickin' like a bomb
That may go off at any time
But I'm not here to make excuses
I didn't walk into it blind

It was plain old greed
Took something that wasn't mine
It was the weakness for a woman
That made me step across the line

What made it so bad?
Was that I had a woman of my own?
But she never did wrong to me

Always did her best to make our home
From these cheatin' seeds I planted

Some big time grief has grown

There's never been a man
Who's lived a perfect life
I cut three hearts to pieces

Didn't even use a knife
I didn't have the common decency
To lay off my brother's wife

No, they won't put me in prison
I'll be doing some hard time
Child supporting alimony

Taking my very last dime
I didn't think about the damage
When I stepped across the line