Written by: Tim Dubois, Jim Hurt
# Debut Chart
1 Oct '81 Country
15 Nov '81 Hot 100
5 Dec '81 Adult Contemp

I once thought of love as a prison
A place I didn't want to be
So long ago, I made a decision
To be footloose and fancy-free

But you came and I was so tempted
To gamble on love just one time
I never thought that
I would get caught
It seemed like the perfect crime

[CHORUS]

Baby, you left me defenseless
I've only got one plea
Lock me away inside of your love
And throw away the key
I'm guilty of love
In the first degree

I thought it would be so simple
Like a thousand times before
I'd take what I wanted
And just walk away but
I never made it to the door

Now babe, I'm
Not begging for mercy
Go ahead and throw the book at me
If loving you's a crime
I know that I'm as guilty
As a man can be

[repeat CHORUS]

Love in the first degree
Whoa, yeah, oh, yeah

[repeat CHORUS]

Love in the first degree
Oh, yeah
Love in the first degree
Love in the first degree
Oh, yeah

Love in the first degree
Love in the first degree
Love in the first degree...

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