Crime Of Passion

She had a ragtop El Dorado tuck and roll pleat

She picked me up in Colorado

And put me right in the driver's seat

I said, I got no money

You know, I got no job

She said, I tell you what, honey

Let's find a place to rob

Now, the man at the station's name was Jim

I saw it sewed on his shirt

I told him, do what I say

You'll live another day

Nobody's gotta get hurt

It was the crime of passion

She took me by the heart when she took me by the hand

Crime of passion

A beautiful woman and a desperate man

Well, I thought the thing was over

She was countin' the cash

When an unmarked Chevy Nova

Made the blue lights flash

She said, officer, won't you help me, please

I looked at her and she was pointin' at me

You see, Jim at the station played the part

And I talked a little perjury

He went to great pains to leave out her name

He was her future ex-husband, can't you see

It was the crime of passion

She took me by the heart when she took me by the hand

Crime of passion

A beautiful woman and a desperate man

Now, the man at the station's name was Joe

I saw it on the badge on his shirt

He said, you'll never get away

But do what we say

Nobody has to get hurt

It was the crime of passion

She took me by the heart when she took me by the hand

Crime of passion

A beautiful woman and a desperate man

Crime of passion

She took me by the heart when she took me by the hand

Crime of passion

A beautiful woman and a desperate man

It was the crime of passion

It's just a crime of passion