Released: June 17, 1976
Songwriter: Debbie Harry Gary Valentine
Producer: Richard Gottehrer Craig Leon
[Verse 1]
I saw you standing on the corner, you looked so big and fine
I really wanted to go out with you, so when you smiled
I laid my heart on the line
You read me my rights and then you said
"Let's go" and nothing more
I thought of my nights, and how they were
They were filled with
[Chorus]
I know you wouldn't go
You'd watch my heart burst then you'd step in
I had to know so I asked
You just had to laugh
[Verse 2]
We sat in the night with my hands cuffed at my side
I look at your life and your style
I wanted nothing more
[Chorus]
I know you wouldn't go
You'd watch my heart burst then you'd step in
I had to know so I asked
You just had to laugh
[Bridge]
Walking the line, you were a marksman
Told me that law, like wine, is ageless
Public defender
You had to admit
You wanted the love of a sex offender
[Chorus]
I know you wouldn't go
You'd watch my heart burst then you'd step in
I had to know so I asked
You just had to laugh
[Verse 3]
My vision in blue, I call you from inside my cell
And in the trial, you were there
With your badge and rubber boots
[Outro]
I think all the time how I'm going to
Perpetrate love with you
And when I get out, there's no doubt
I'll be sex offensive to you
Ooh-oooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
I saw you standing on the corner, you looked so big and fine
I really wanted to go out with you, so when you smiled
I laid my heart on the line
You read me my rights and then you said
"Let's go" and nothing more
I thought of my nights, and how they were
They were filled with
[Chorus]
I know you wouldn't go
You'd watch my heart burst then you'd step in
I had to know so I asked
You just had to laugh
[Verse 2]
We sat in the night with my hands cuffed at my side
I look at your life and your style
I wanted nothing more
[Chorus]
I know you wouldn't go
You'd watch my heart burst then you'd step in
I had to know so I asked
You just had to laugh
[Bridge]
Walking the line, you were a marksman
Told me that law, like wine, is ageless
Public defender
You had to admit
You wanted the love of a sex offender
[Chorus]
I know you wouldn't go
You'd watch my heart burst then you'd step in
I had to know so I asked
You just had to laugh
[Verse 3]
My vision in blue, I call you from inside my cell
And in the trial, you were there
With your badge and rubber boots
[Outro]
I think all the time how I'm going to
Perpetrate love with you
And when I get out, there's no doubt
I'll be sex offensive to you
Ooh-oooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Blondie
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