I want to talk to you
for a little while
Because I know I know how love
can make you feel sometimes
And I believe that everybody ought to know what I'm talking about,
Lord have mercy.
I want to ask you something,
have you ever really loved somebody?
You see, love can make you do
some funny things, y 'all.
Love will make you fold your arms
and walk the floor and cry all night long.
I just want to testify
About the jury
The jury of love
I dreamed that love was a crime
I was alone, so lonely and blue
Because eight men and four women
Oh, Lord, they found me
guilty of loving you
As they were taking me away
Mmm, you were taking
I saw you when you were
takin' a witness stand
I heard the lawyer
when he asked you, my love
Do you really love that girl?
It was eight men and four women
How could they be so blind?
How could they?
I know, they sat right there
And they called true love a crime
This is what kills me, burning tears
Rolled down my cheeks
I felt I felt so sorry for you
Because in my heart I knew
Oh yes baby, I knew that they would
find you guilty too.
Judge, Your Honor, and to the jury,
I intend to prove today,
beyond a shadow of doubt,
that we are innocent,
and true love is not a crime.
I'm angels in a misery of love
I'm angels in a misery of love
That's just the way it goes, y 'all
They found me guilty of loving you
But that's alright now, baby
As long as I got your love
And baby, you got mine
I mean just, I mean just in the blood