If loving you is a crime
Then give me time
Cause I always be guilty
Sometimes, I feel that I'm on trial
For loving you too much, child

You're the judge and the jury
Of my peers
If it's time for me to talk
Lord, listen here

If you don't want me
To steal your heart
Lock me up
And keep us both apart

And if they let me go
I know it
I will do the same thing
Over again

So if loving you's a crime
Then give me time
Cause I'll always be guilty
Lord, have mercy

I stand before you
A condemned man
Because I had
A deliberate plan

To steal your heart
Oh, your love away
But I got caught
What can I say?

I'm guilty, so guilty
Woo, lord, guilty
But I know now

If they let me go
I know it
I will do the same thing
Over again

So, if loving you is a crime
Then give me time
Cause I always be guilty
So guilty, so guilty
So guilty

I'm sitting in a witness stand
I got to plead guilty
If it's a crime in this world
For loving a woman
Somebody let me know
I'll serve the rest of my life
Pleading love, love