Lethal Temptress
The Mendoza Line
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Oh I bled on the bed
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from a wound in my head
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on the night before I sent this
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welling with dread
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from the things that were said
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in the boardroom that left me defenseless.
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And though you weren't there
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I could still feel you stare
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and your voice it rang cold and contemptuous.
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So forgive me this morning
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if I should fall worn
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in the arms of the lethal temptress.
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At a nightclub engagement
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you sang on the stage
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in a voice that was broken and tuneless;
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still it's better to work
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than to beg like a jerk
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for the kinds of things we all find useless.
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And Hell hath no fury
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and dear I'm not worried.
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I will see to my eternal penance.
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Just one more glass of gin
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before I crawl back in
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to the arms of the lethal temptress.
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So you frighten the ghost town
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and ground them all down,
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til one day you'd reach a consensus.
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And I know from your verse
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you put America the first
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and all others you simply beat senseless.
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And to worship like this
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is to honour the fist
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and to conjure what's cruel and licentious.
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And I don't know what's fair
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and I really don't care
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in the arms of the lethal temptress.
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And I won't place a bet
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but I knew when we met
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that one day we'd come to regret this.
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And that what once was love can turn quickly enough
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into something so hard and contemptuous.
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And Hell hath no fury
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and Death is no jury
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our love's ended before I commence this
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but for one final sin
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you won't see me again
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in the arms of the lethal temptress.
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But for one final sin
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you won't see me again
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in the arms of the lethal temptress.
