pardon me can i have a word with you for a few minutes
sit down get comfortable
uhhh how long have we known each other about 0 months yeah i think its yeah you and john are real tight arent ya
yeah oh is that an engagement ring
awww congratulations
oh he slipped it on your finger last night huh
hes the luckiest man in the world you know he should be real proud to have someone like you
oh yeah umm what i wanted to talk to you about is well there is something that has been bugging me for about 5 months and ive been carrying it around with me and its getting heavier and heavier everyday
and uh yeah its almost to the boiling point and i have to get it off my chest
yeah im not trying to be fresh or anything because i know you’re johns girl but i just have to tell you this
you see i have a great deal of respect for you
im not being you know not going left field on you
but dig
you see im gonna take you back to my childhood for a minute
we had quite a big family and we werent very rich sometimes we lived from daytoday
but one thing we did do was go to church every sunday mama took us to church and i was in the choir too hey yeah i sang a little bit in sunday school
she taught us the golden rules the 0 commandments and she said son do onto others as you have them do onto you she said dont steal dont rob you know all the things good parents try to instil into their children
well you know i did a few little things like shoot hook i guess every kid shoots hooky at least once
and umm she said stay out of trouble you know when i was a teenager i didnt break in burglarize or rob anybody
i tried to work for what i got you know tried to be honest didnt commit no crimes or nothing but you know i had to wait huh til i reached manhood to commit a crime according to the court of love if there is such a court
but you know
sometimes youre forced into things like this see sometimes cupid can shoot his arrow so fast you cant get out the way you know
and you can fall and the more you its like being in quicksand too the more you wiggle the deeper you sink
im not gonna take up too much of your time you see im not very good with words and i had to tell you all of that so i can really say what i got to say
see there is a lot of talk going around town that im on the make for johns girl ikes on the make for johns girl i dont mean to do anybody wrong because i wouldnt want anybody to bother anything that belongs to me
but you see ive never seen anybody like you ive never known anybody like you and theres some things you just cant help at night i toss and turn i try to keep it out my mind but you see
i find myself thinking about you
i just cant help it and right now
i stand accused
of lovin’ you too much
and i hope i hope it’s not a crime
’cause if it is i’m guilty
of lovin’ you you you
i i hope to god
that i never have oh to testify
’cause if i do
everyone is gonna they’re gonna cry
they’re gonna say
old ike is guilty
of lovin’ a sweet girl like you
i know i know
you belong to another
i i may not stand a ghost of a chance
i’ll stand on top of mount everest
and proudly tell the world that i love ya
oh yes i will
because i i just can’t
i can’t help myself
i’m a victim of circumstance
and just one
ooh one touch of your hand
i don’t know how it happened
but just look at me
i find myself chillin’
on the witness stand
and i’m shoutin’ out
all over all over the land
everybody i’m guilty
i’m guilty of lovin’ lovin’ you
i’m guilty of lovin’ you
i said i’m guilty
but what can i do
i wanna hold ya
i wanna squeeze ya tight
but my mind said
she belong to another
and that ain’t right
album version cont
i didn’t ask to fall in love with you
i just couldn’t help myself
and now i’m strung out
don’t know what to do no no no
i’m guilty
of lovin’ you
oh yeah i’m guilty of lovin’ you
i’m not ashamed to say i love you i love you i love you
i can’t help but i just can’t help but love you
and i’m guilty baby
oh i’m guilty
i know you belong to another
but i can’t help i can’t help but love you
oh yes i do
i stand accused of loving you
baby baby baby
please can’t you understand the situation that i’m in
that’s a one side of love man
Artist: Isaac Hayes
Year: 1970
Decade: 70s
Language: en
Word Count: 432