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Tempted Lyrics By Squeeze

    i bought a toothbrush

    i bought a toothbrush some toothpaste
    a flannel for my face
    pajamas a hairbrush
    new shoes and a case
    i said to my reflection
    let’s get out of this place
    past the church and the steeple
    the laundry on the hill
    the billboards and the buildings
    memories of it still
    keep calling and calling
    but forget it all i know i will

    tempted by the fruit of another
    tempted but the truth is discovered
    what’s been going on now that you have gone
    there’s no other
    tempted by the fruit of another
    tempted but the truth is discovered

    i’m at the car park the airport
    the baggage carousel
    the people keep on crowding
    been wishing i was well
    i said it’s no occasion
    it’s no story i could tell
    at my bedside empty pocket
    a foot without a sock
    your body gets much closer
    i fumble for the clock
    alarmed by the seduction
    i wish that it would stop

    tempted by the fruit of another
    tempted but the truth is discovered
    what’s been going on now that you have gone
    there’s no other
    tempted by the fruit of another
    tempted but the truth is discovered

    i bought a novel some perfume
    a fortune all for you
    but it’s not my conscience
    that hates to be untrue
    i asked of my reflection
    tell me what is there to do

    tempted by the fruit of another
    tempted but the truth is discovered
    what’s been going on now that you have gone
    there’s no other
    tempted by the fruit of another
    tempted but the truth is discovered

    oh tempted by the fruit of another
    tempted but the truth is discovered
    tempted by the fruit of another
    tempted but the truth is discovered
    tempted by the truth of another
    tempted and the truth is discovered
    tempted by the fruit of another
    tempted but the truth is discovered

    Artist: Squeeze

    Year: 1981

    Decade: 80s

    Language: en

    Word Count: 147