The good lord must have heard my prayers
Because he packed up and disappeared
He took the praise and extravagant odes
And left the sting, I've been dying to know

Someone should give that old Devil his due
He taught me how to love only you
He taught me how to love only you
I know I owe my good fortune to him

'Cause he pulled me out of the trance
That faith had put me in

I've been blessed with a broken heart
Since the day I was born
Cleansed in the water
The sons and the daughters
Stripped of the sins we're destined for

I've been blessed with a broken heart
Since the day I've been reborn
Down in the water
The sons and the daughters
The kind of death worth living for

The good stranger has seen me grieve
He saw the crooked old heart on my sleeve
He took the note I had handwritten and said
Only sinners become better men

Someone should give that old devil his due
He taught me how to love only you
He taught me how to love only you
Yeah, I owe the love of my woman to him

Because he took her out of the grave
That faith put her in

I've been blessed with a broken heart
Since the day I was born
Cleansed in the water
The sons and the daughters
Stripped of the sins we're destined for

I've been blessed with a broken heart
Since the day I've been reborn
Down in the water
The sons and the daughters
The kind of death worth living for

I can't live without the blues
I can't love without the blues
I can't sleep without the blues
The Devil will take his pay so we're alright

I can't live without the blues
I can't love without the blues
I can't sleep without the blues
The Devil will take his pay so we're alright

Because he pulled me out the trance
That faith had put me in

Well, I've been blessed with a broken heart
Since the day I was born
Cleansed in the water
The sons and the daughters
Stripped of the sins we're destined for

I've been blessed with a broken heart
Since the day I've been reborn
Down in the water
The sons and the daughters
The kind of death worth living for

And I've been blessed with a broken heart
Since the day I was born
Cleansed in the water
The sons and the daughters
Stripped of the sins we're destined for

I've been blessed with a broken heart
Since the day I've been reborn
Down in the water
The sons and the daughters
The kind of death worth living for