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Tempted by Squeeze

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Squeeze

Tempted

Release date: 30th April 1981

From East Side Story
Track 3
4:00
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"Tempted" is a single by Squeeze, from the album East Side Story, released 30th April 1981. The track is 4:00 long. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below.

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Squeeze

Squeeze

Lyrics

Tempted

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."

Passed the church and the steeple
The laundry on the hill
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
Ain't 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 fruit of another
Tempted but the truth is discovered
Tempted by the fruit of another
Tempted but the truth is discovered

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Track details

From East Side Story

4:001981Single
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Album
East Side Story
East Side Story
Squeeze
1st May 1981
Track number
3
Release year
1981
  1. 1In Quintessence
    2:55
  2. 2Someone Else's Heart
    3:00
  3. 3Tempted
    4:00
  4. 4Piccadilly
    3:28

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