Where The Angels Play With Sin

I was sittin' in a barroom toastin' my loneliness,
In another three fingers of gin,
Thinkin' of the girl who left me in this place,
Where the angels play with sin.

I was tryin' to remember some happy times gone by,
But I didn't know where to begin,
My memories were jumbled in my drunken brawl filled mind,
Where the angels play with sin.

I was arguin' with shadows as they danced upon the wall,
I didn't like what they were sayin',
They were tellin' me pride always comes before a fall,
Where the angels play with sin.

I have always been too proud to beg for forgiveness,
And I won't be beggin' this time,
For there ain't no use beggin', there ain't no deliverance,
Where the angels play with sin.

I broke my girl's heart and that's a pain I will live with,
And I'll always hang my head in shame,
For she'll never forgive me, there's nothin' to forgive,
Where the angels play with sin.

So I'll sit hear toastin' my melancholy blues,
While the jukebox keeps on playin',
Songs about losers and all they have to lose,
Where the angels play with sin.

My buddies are with me, their heads as low as mine,
We're drownin' in whiskey an' gin,
And our glasses keep fillin' with all the tears we're cryin',
Where the angels play with sin.

Heartache and sorrow are the emotions we feel,
As we barricade ourselves in,
Behind heartbreakin' memories that now seem so surreal,
Where the angels play with sin.

But loneliness ain't no illusion of sorts,
It's the determined reality of pain,
The anguish of a lifetime of rueful remorse,
Where the angels play with sin.

I feel lost in a world of solitude and absence,
Knowin' I'll ne'er see her ag'in,
For she gave me a choice but I chose to abstain,
Where the angels play with sin.

I gambled my love on the roll of the dice,
And I lost to the wail of a train,
For she left for paradise, whilst I still reside,
Where the angels play with sin.

So listen all you young folks who still live out there,
In a world where love still reigns,
Don't gamble your love or you may end up in here,
Where the angels play with sin.