Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Joe Cocker
Canonical path: /joe-cocker/tempted
Related lyric paths: 6
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Tempted
Read Tempted lyrics by Joe Cocker on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Tempted
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I bought a toothbrush, some toothpaste
A flannel for my face
Pyjamas, a hairbrush
New shoes and a case
I said to my reflection
Let's get out of this place
Past 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
I'm 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
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
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Joe Cocker performs "Tempted", and this lyric page sits inside the Joe Cocker catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to (That's What I Like) in My Woman and A Song For You with a short reason for opening each page next.
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