Released: January 20, 2014
Songwriter: Adrian Lee Paul Carrack Mike Rutherford
Producer: Mike Rutherford
Words of warning took me by surprise
From a voice I hardly recognised
Well my heart was beating faster
And my blood ran hot and cold
I was heading for disaster
When suddenly I realised that I had lost control
Loaded questions played upon my mind
Allegations I could not deny
Well my mind was in confusion
Had my back against the wall
I'd been led into collusion
Before I realised I was a victim of it all
Chorus:
Here's to my crime of passion
I can't forget the look upon your face
And to your tender mercies
Goodbye to all the innocence we never can replace
All of Sunday sittin' by the telephone
Not a whisper, well I should have known
But it seems that I'd insisted
'Cause in spite of all you said
I believe my words were twisted
As line by line the promises were spinning round my head
(Chorus)
Waves of anger slowly do recede
To faded memories that I'll never need
But my mind keeps on returning to the way it used to be
There's a flame forever burning
There's nothing I can say to you will ever make you see
Here's to my crime of passion
I just can't seem to shake it off my mind
As for your tender mercy
I'll never stop regretting that I left it all behind
From a voice I hardly recognised
Well my heart was beating faster
And my blood ran hot and cold
I was heading for disaster
When suddenly I realised that I had lost control
Loaded questions played upon my mind
Allegations I could not deny
Well my mind was in confusion
Had my back against the wall
I'd been led into collusion
Before I realised I was a victim of it all
Chorus:
Here's to my crime of passion
I can't forget the look upon your face
And to your tender mercies
Goodbye to all the innocence we never can replace
All of Sunday sittin' by the telephone
Not a whisper, well I should have known
But it seems that I'd insisted
'Cause in spite of all you said
I believe my words were twisted
As line by line the promises were spinning round my head
(Chorus)
Waves of anger slowly do recede
To faded memories that I'll never need
But my mind keeps on returning to the way it used to be
There's a flame forever burning
There's nothing I can say to you will ever make you see
Here's to my crime of passion
I just can't seem to shake it off my mind
As for your tender mercy
I'll never stop regretting that I left it all behind
more tracks from the album
The Singles 1985-2014 + Rarities
- The Living Years
- Revolution
- Perfect Child
- Taken In
- You Never Change
- Try to Save Me
- Nobody Knows
- Too Far Gone
- A Time and Place
- Nobody Told Me
- Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground) - 2013 Remaster
- Word of Mouth (East West Mix)
- When My Feet Don’t Touch the Ground
- My Crime of Passion (Acoustic version)
- I Get the Feeling (Live)
- Taken In (Live)
- You Don’t Know What Love Is
- Another Cup of Coffee
- Always The Last To Know
- Nobody’s Perfect
- Now That You’ve Gone
- Little Boy
- Help Me
- A Beggar on a Beach of Gold
- All I Need Is a Miracle
- I Think I’ve Got the Message
- Whenever I Stop
- Too Many Friends
- Over My Shoulder
- Word of Mouth
- Everybody Gets a Second Chance
- Reach Out (Touch the Sun)
- Seeing Is Believing
- Boys at the Front
- One by One
From the album
Mike + the Mechanics popular songs
- The Living Years
- Silent Running
- Let Me Fly
- Over My Shoulder
- Don’t Know What Came Over Me
- A House of Many Rooms
- Reach Out (Touch the Sun)
- Going Going.... Home
- My Little Island
- Look Across at Dreamland
- Poor Boy Down
- Hanging by a Thread
- Seeing Is Believing
- Boys at the Front
- Always The Last To Know
- The Road
- Another Cup of Coffee
- Background Noise
- If Only
- You Don’t Know What Love Is
- Did You See Me Coming
- How Can I?
- Heaven Doesn’t Care
- Revolution