X Offender Lyrics
[Intro]
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
[Verse 1]
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
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
[Verse 1]
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
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 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
About
Genius Annotation
When bassist Gary Valentine was 17-years-old he got his underage girlfriend pregnant and was given a statutory rape charge as a result. He penned a song titled “Sex Offender,” about the experience. Debbie Harry changed the lyrics so that the song was about a prostitute falling in love with the police officer that had arrested her. The track was also co-produced by Richard Gottehrer who had worked with 1960s girl group The Angels, and the song is reminiscent of that era in its style.
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Recorded At
Plaza Sound Studios (New York, City)
Release Date
June 17, 1976
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