When I was just a little girl
My mother said to me
Just before she tucked me into bed
As she leaned in close
I felt her lips upon my cheek
And softly these six words are what she said
You're gonna suffer for my sins
You're gonna suffer for my sins
There is no escaping this
It comes from deep within
You're gonna suffer for my sins
Predictably those cursed words did haunt me everyday
No matter what, no matter where I hid
I spend my years believing that there was no other way
But suffering and suffering's what I did
Oh yes, I suffered for her sins
That's right, i suffered for her sins
There is no escaping this
It comes from deep within
And so I suffer for her sins
30 years have passed since mama brought me to this world
That's 30 years spent trapped inside this shell
And nobody believes me
They think I'm a foolish girl
But there are many different kinds of hell
And now I suffer for her sins
Oh yes I suffer for her sins
There is no escaping this
It comes from deep within
And so I suffer for her sins
Oh now I suffer for her sins
Oh yes I suffer for her sins
There is no escaping this
It comes from deep within
And so I suffer for her sins
Oh yes I suffer for her sins