Because I Love You Song Lyrics and Chords by Johnny Paycheck
Because I Love You
Recorded by Johnny Paycheck
Written by Jerry Foster and Bill Rice
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man can go
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wrong
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away at
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home
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rain
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too
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won't be
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lost because I
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love
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you
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I've had the chance and I've been
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temp
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again without
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giving
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Constantly my conscience tells
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me what to do
I'm not
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free don't
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wanna be because I
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love
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I'll never
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break your heart
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because I
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love
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I'll be true to
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you because I
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want
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to
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Loneliness could never let me
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lose
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control
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my mind I take
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where I
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I realize that while I'm gone
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you're lonely
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too
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you're mine and I don't
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worry because I
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love
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you
FAQ
Who sang the the song Because I Love You?
- The song Because I Love You was sang by Johnny Paycheck.
Who is Johnny Paycheck?
- Johnny Paycheck (born Donald Eugene Lytle May 31, 1938 - February 19, 2003) was an American country music singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and Grand Ole Opry member notable for recording the David Allan Coe song "Take This Job and Shove It". He achieved his greatest success in the 1970s as a force in country music's "outlaw movement" popularized by artists Hank Williams Jr., Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Billy Joe Shaver, and Merle Haggard. In the 1980s, his music career slowed due to drug, alcohol and legal problems. He served a prison sentence in the early 1990s and his declining health effectively ended his career in early 2000. In 1980, Paycheck appeared on the PBS music program Austin City Limits (season 5).
