Forbidden Fruit

Steve Poltz

She hopped in my car faster than bar time

"Honey would you like a date", she said

It wasn't even an original line

And my pants they tightened, and my face grew taut

And in my mind my mother said "you'd better not"

Then again she always told me that I wouldn't like the taste of beer

Hmmmmm

And she slid real close to me, she said I need not fear

I look like I was caught in headlights

With the eyes of a lonely deer



Forbidden fruit

I'll scale your thorny vine

To reach the top

I'll scrape and twist my spine

Forbidden fruit

Man what a joyous meal

It tastes so sweet

I'll even eat the peel

If they told me that I shouldn't then I would

Man bad must mean good

Bad bad good



She thrust a tape in my K7 deck

She seemed a little eager

I said "this sounds just like a TV ad"

She said it was Bob Seger

And the smoke dance loops from her cigarette

And her fingernails were silver like a shiny jet

And her lipsticks stained the filter as she twirled it

Like a pink roulette wheel

Mmmmmm

Would you like a gamble

She said "let's go back to my flat for a extra 50 dollars

I make you purr like an atomic cat"



Forbidden fruit

I'll scale your thorny vine

To reach the top

I'll scrape and twist my spine

Forbidden fruit

Man what a joyous meal

It tastes so sweet

I'll even eat the peel

If they told me that I shouldn't then I would

Man bad must mean good

Bad bad good



We sat on her floor

Connected like a human train

I talked on and on about my life

Her interest she just feigned

And she laid me down on her single bed

And the roof dripped rain all around my head

And my ankles were filled with beads of sweat

And the money looked so green

Hmmmmm

And she looked right through me

As if I were a window

And when we both were empty

The neon left an eerie glow



Forbidden fruit

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