i was mindin my own business when you came in dressed to kill i knew right then i was in trouble but not of my own free will now i have to say in my defense i ain t done nothin wrong just circumstantial evidence is all you got me on i was just an innocent bystander caught up in love and since when was that a crime if sayin that i m wanting you is slander and you re all i m thinkin of then i ll gladly do my time there s no jury their right mind would convict someone like me cause the way you walk the way you talk i could plead insanity but i m prepared to tell the whole truth now i don t need no alibi you just put me on that witness stand and i will testify i was just an innocent bystander caught up in love and since when was that a crime if sayin that i m wanting you is slander and you re all i m thinkin of then i ll gladly do my time i was just an innocent bystander caught up in love and since when was that a crime if sayin that i m wanting you is slander and you re all i m thinkin of then i ll gladly do my time i was just an innocent bystander 