Isaac Hayes - I Stand Accused lyrics

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 10 months? yeah I think it's
Yeah you and John are real tight aren’t ya?
Yeah oh is that an engagement ring?
Awww, congratulations
Oh he slipped it on your
Finger last night huh?
He’s 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 I’ve
Been carrying it around with me and
It’s getting heavier and heavier everyday
And, uh
Yeah it’s almost to the boiling point and I
Have to get it off my chest
Yeah, I’m not trying to be fresh or
Anything, because I know you're John’s girl
But I just have to tell you this
You see I have a great deal of
Respect for you…I’m not being, you know
Not going left field on you …but dig

You see I’m gonna take you back
To my childhood for a
Minute…We had quite a big family
And we weren’t very rich
Sometimes we lived from day-to day
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
10 commandments, and she said
"Son do onto others as you
Have them do onto you"
She said "Don’t steal" "Don’t 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
Didn’t break in, burglarize, or rob anybody
I tried to work for what I got, you know
Tried to be honest didn’t 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 you’re forced
Into things like this
See sometimes Cupid can
Shoot his arrow so fast you
Can’t get out the way, you know?
And you can fall and the more you
It’s like being in quicksand too
The more you wiggle the deeper you sink

I’m not gonna take up too much of your time
You see I’m 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 I’m on the make for John’s girl
"Ike’s on the make for John’s girl" i
Don’t mean to do anybody wrong
Because I wouldn’t want anybody to bother
Anything that belongs to me
But, you see I’ve never seen anybody like
You, I’ve never known anybody like you
And there’s some things you just can’t 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 can’t 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