[Verse 1] So this is where he came to hide When he ran from you In a private detective's overcoat And dirty dead man's shoes The pretty things of Knightsbridge Lying for a minister of state Is a far cry from the nod and wink Here at traitor's gate [Pre-Chorus 1] Because the high heel he used to be has been ground down And he listens for the footsteps that would follow him around [Chorus] To murder my love is a crime But will you still love a man out of time? [Verse 2] There's a tuppeny hapenny millionaire Looking for a fourpenny one With a tight grip on the short hairs Of the public imagination But for his private wife and kids somehow Real life becomes a rumor Days of Dutch courage Just three French letters and a German sense of humor [Pre-Chorus 2] He's got a mind like a sewer and a heart like a fridge He stands to be insulted and he pays for the privilege [Chorus] To murder my love is a crime But will you still love a man out of time? [Verse 3] The biggest wheels of industry Retire sharp and short And the after dinner overtures Are nothing but an after thought Somebody's creeping in the kitchen There's a reputation to be made Whose nerves are always on a knife's edge Who's up late polishing the blade [Pre-Chorus 3] Love is always scarpering or cowering or fawning You drink yourself insensitive and hate yourself in the morning [Chorus] To murder my love is a crime But will you still love a man out of time? [Outro] Will you still love a man out of time? Will you still love a man out of time?