If loving you's a crime, give me time I'll always be guilty And sometimes I feel I'm on trial For loving you, a little too much, child You're the judge and the jury of my fears And it's time for me to talk Lord, listen here If you don't want me to steal your heart, oh Lock me up and throw away the key And keep us both apart And if they let me go, I know I'd do the same thing all over again If loving you's a crime, give me time I'll always be guilty, hmm, yes I will ♪ I stand before you, a condemned man Because I had, a deliberate plan To steal your heart, oh, and love away But I got caught, what can I say? Baby, I'm guilty, so guilty Aah Lord I'm guilty You know I know now If they let me go I know, I would do the same thing over again And I tell you why If loving you's a crime, give me time I'll always be guilty So guilty, I'm so guilty, baby So guilty Hey, now I'm sitting on a witness stand I got to plead guilty If it's a crime in this world For a man to love a woman like you, I'm guilty, baby Hey, somebody's got to let me know I'll spend the rest of my life for loving you