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Artist: Simple Minds
Canonical path: /simple-minds/criminal-world
Related lyric paths: 6
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Criminal World
Read Criminal World lyrics by Simple Minds on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Criminal World
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I look for the answer
I look for the light
I walk on every highway
Still I need you tonight
So let it be love
Lonely love
Let it be love
It's a criminal world
It hits like a bullet
It screams and it hurts
Is it my fascination
Or does love come inspired
Don't hand me down, don't push me down
Don't leave me lying on the frozen ground
You can shelter me with your sweet action
This world is splitting up and it's a chain reaction
It's a criminal world
You move like a vampire
Risen from dust
Is it my fascination
Don't hand me down, don't push me down
Don't leave me lying on the frozen ground
You can shelter me with your sweet action
This world is splitting up and it's a chain reaction
And when you point me to another place
I can turn my back upon this wilderness
And I'll step inside
Step inside
And find you waiting on the other side
It's a criminal world
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