Donny Hathaway
The Court of Love
[Intro]
Will everyone please rise?
'Cause in this court, the judge of love presides
Will the jury take its place?
Now, will the plaintiff kindly state his case?
(Mmm)
[Verse 1]
I've got a letter today (Got a letter)
And cried with every word she had to say (Cried with every word)
I was so hurt (Hurt, shamed, disgraced)
Shamed and disgraced
'Cause that woman didn't have the nerve to tell me face-to-facе (She couldn't tell her lovеr face-to-face)
[Chorus]
That she was seein' somebody else
And all my witnesses testified just how I felt
She didn't tell me she was gonna let me go
I was the last one alive to know
[Verse 2]
So my first charge (First charge, Your Honour)
Is that she deceived me (Mmhmm)
Into thinking that her love was mine all mine
The second charge (Second charge, Your Honour)
Is that she misused me (Mmhmm)
And abused my love, and judge believe me, that's a crime
[Chorus]
My third charge is that she was dishonest
And stripped me all of my manly pride
She constantly disrespected me
And somehow I always seemed to catch a line, whoa
[Verse 3]
Has the jury reached its verdict?
And I tensed up so inside, mmm
Yeah
We have, Your Honour (Said the jury)
Somebody tell me what's it gonna be?
We find the defendant guilty as charged
Ooh, I got justice in this court of love (We've got justice)
I've got justice in this court of love (He got justice)
Hey, justice, mmm (He got, he got, he got justice)