Lyrics to
Crime Of Passion

This version of Crime Of Passion was released by Uriah Heep in 1977.

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See the blind man at the dead of night
He can see, so he won’t fight
Running scared like a swan in flight
On and on, looking for delight
But it’s you, he’ll hear you running
As this blind man tells the blind ??

See the children in the jungle zone
Black man woken till your work is done ??
He can’t hide, there’s nowhere to run
Waiting for salvation to come
And it’s you, coming from far
Got a lonely mind to sell

Crime of passion, crime of pain
How long before I see you again
I’ve been free and I’ve been high
Got a soul, never ask my why

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Uriah Heep has released many songs over the years besides Crime Of Passion. Uriah Heep released songs from 1970 to 1998 spanning across albums like Very 'eavy... Very 'umble, Salisbury, Look At Yourself, Demons And Wizards, The Magician's Birthday, Sweet Freedom, Wonderworld, Return To Fantasy, High And Mighty, Firefly, Innocent Victim, Fallen Angel, Conquest, Abominog, Head First, Equator, Raging Silence, Different World, Sea Of Light, and Sonic Origami. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Uriah Heep.

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About Lyrics and Crime Of Passion by Uriah Heep

The lyrics for Crime Of Passion are defined as the words making up the song released by Uriah Heep in 1977. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Crime Of Passion have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Uriah Heep and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Crime Of Passion by Uriah Heep if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Crime Of Passion" means the words set to the music of Crime Of Passion, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Uriah Heep. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Crime Of Passion and the lyrics to Crime Of Passion are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Uriah Heep who came here looking just for the lyrics to Crime Of Passion, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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