WHY DO YOU PUNISH ME (FOR LOVING YOU) Recorded by: Johnny Cash Written by: Erwin King nc 1 4 1 Why Do You Punish Me - for loving You 5 1 You're counting my mistakes - how about Yours nc 1 4 1 Why do you sentence me - to nights of Tears 5 Convicting all these Dreams 1 I've dreamed for all these Years 4 1 My heart cries out behind these prison Bars 5 2-7 5 It pleads to you for your true love to set it Free nc 1 4 1 Why Do You Punish Me - is love a Crime 5-7 1 If so, I'll spend a lifetime loving, serving Time Repeat last verse. SOURCE: JOHNNY CASH-NOW THERE WAS A SONG COLUMBIA RECORDS LE-10019 Note. Also recorded by Hank Snow. Note. Transcribed lyrics and chords by K5UYB & ZOOMER