Forbidden Fruit Songtext

von 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
And she slid real close to me
She said I need not fear
I looked 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
I shouldn't then I would
Man bad must mean good
Bad bad good
She thrust a tape in my cassette deck
She seemed a little eager
I said 'this sounds just like a TV ad'
She said it was Bob Seager
And the smoke danced loops
From her cigarette
And her fingernails were silver
Like a shiny jet
And her lipstick stained the filter
As she twirled it
Like a pink roulette wheel
Would you like a gamble
She said 'let's go back to my flat
For an extra 50 dollars
I'll 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 & on about my life
Her interest she just feigned
And she laid me down on a 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
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
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
Why does bad always
Feel so good ?