Name: Felony
Duration: P00H04M35S
Description: Could probably be a country song, but I didn't record it as such. Another excellent lyric from Jon full of vivid imagery.

Felony

from The Second Time by Joshua Lapo

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Could probably be a country song, but I didn't record it as such. Another excellent lyric from Jon full of vivid imagery.

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Caught in the act
Another cornered rat
Wedged headfirst in a down spout turn

The city streets
Generating heat
My blood is boiling and my bowels burn

I stole a glance ten times
From a young girl's eyes
Now I've got a record longer than a 45

Backed into a corner
By the badge of law and order
Make a beeline for my honey's hive

If loving you is a misdemeanor
I'm guilty of a felony
I never knew two hands any cleaner
Until you got the dirt on me

I'm hardly hardened by harsh behavior
I'm tender in the tenth degree
If loving you is a misdemeanor
I'm guilty of a felony

Phantom feet
Bearing down on me
Matching me with step for step

Steamy breath
Steaming down my neck
My wrists are roped and I can't turn my head

I never did decide
On a life of crime
The cell door closed behind me when your eyes met mine

(But) if it's punishment
To be in love like this
(Then) lock me up and let me do my time

If loving you is a misdemeanor
I'm guilty of a felony
I never knew two hands any cleaner
Until you got the dirt on me

I'm hardly hardened by harsh behavior
I'm tender in the tenth degree
If loving you is a misdemeanor
I'm guilty of a felony

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from The Second Time, released June 13, 2006
Lyrics: Jonathan M. Smith
Music: Joshua B. Lapo

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Joshua Lapo Pocatello, Idaho

Software engineer by trade, songwriter on the side.

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