take you home tonite

one man in search of a time or two
christ i don’t know the first thing about you
but i suspect that when you give yourself away you exact a price
call me ready, call me able, make me on the breakfast table
call me brave, call me stupid, call me satan, call me cupid
but please mama please mama please never call me nice

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everyone thinks i’m settlin’ in
did i mention that ain’t right?
‘cause i think you’re pretty and i like the way you grin
and i wanna take you home tonite

with a crescent moon in one hand and a snake in the other
who needs a woman to treat ya like a brother
what in the world do ya think your family is for
let’s do it fast, let’s do it slow, in the sun and in the snow
give me grief, give me joy, come on and make some noise
act like matters or act like a five-dollar whore

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susan sat in jail and held her tongue
would you do the same, would the word remain “mum”
or would that pretty mouth start talkin’ at the drop of a dime
look at the soup we’re in, look at the hole we dug
man, we had a time rollin’ round on your rug
now ya wanna shut me off as if i did a crime

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you pulled me to your breast in the parking lot
i thought it meant a little but apparently not
but i won’t fault you for stickin’ to the terms of the deal
pull me in pull me out, baby fill me up with doubt
call me brave, call me stupid, call me satan, call me cupid
but please mama please mama please never let me feel

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Jon Houlon, Hillside Blue Music, 2001