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Artist: New York Dolls
Canonical path: /new-york-dolls/temptation-to-exist
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Temptation To Exist
Read Temptation To Exist lyrics by New York Dolls on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Temptation To Exist
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Temptation to exist
Give me another kiss
Tell me how you love me
A mesmerizing kiss
The kind I can't resist
Say I'm the way you want me
So I can breathe your perfume
Dancing with you around the room
Long after a masquerade
Stripped of facade and costume
The drag with being born
It's really not a thorn
Baby it's a dagger
Most people would deny
Say it's a piece of pie
To you it doesn't matter
I hear about the sad affairs
Up on the heights of despair
Someone's always perishing
By the sin they have assumed
Temptation to exist
Obsession to persist
Death-defying romance
Give me another kiss
Show me what I've missed
Baby since our last dance
So I can get back in tune
Dancing with you around the room
Long after a masquerade
No facade, no costume
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