You didn't know I wasn't free
When you fell in love with me
And with all your young heart
You learned to care
It brought you shame and disgrace
The world has tumbled in your face
Because they call our love
A back street affair
They say you wrecked my home
I'm a husband that's gone wrong
They don't know the sorrow
That we've had to bear
For the one that I'm tied to
Was the first to prove untrue
Now they call our love
A back street affair
And when the mist rolls away
We'll be free to love some day
And have happiness God meant
For us to share
I'd climb a mountain, dear
Just all the world can hear
That our love's not
A back street affair