If lovin' you ‘s a crime then I'm guilty, there's nothin' else I can do.
If lovin' you ‘s a crime then I'm guilty, there's nothin' else I can do.
Out of all the good women in this world, why did I have to fall in love with you.

I once thought, you was the sweetest woman in town.
I once thought, you was the sweetest woman in town.
Now I found out who your sweet man is, and this scandal is draggin' me down.

Your arms don't hold me tight no more, you lips is icy cold.
Your arms don't hold me tight no more, you lips is icy cold.
Every time I look at you, baby, it hurts me deep, deep down in my soul.

I'd rather see you dead, and layin' six feet in your grave.
I'd rather see you dead, and layin' six feet in your grave.
Than to let you find another good man, and train him to you rotten ways.