Charming One

The sweat is falling from my brow

Under the heavy heat of day

Survey the situation now

Dream of a garden far away

(Where) I saw you red and ripe and wrong

So snug and deadly in that tree

Your sweet attraction was so strong

The taste of death delicious to me

When I listened to a tempter

Who seemed colorful and wise

I was driven from perfection

And now I realize

I should have left you there to glisten in the sun

You were a charming one

There you were coming up the street

The very image of desire

You whispered sinister and sweet

A voice of innocence and fire

So I followed the deceiver

Too blind to discern

But deception was a teacher

And a brutal way to learn

That I should have turned myself around and run

You were a charming one

I saw You shamed upon a cross

Wounded and naked on that tree

You counted everything a loss

Gave every bit of it to me

So when all the other suitors come

So cleverly disguised

They'll find me clinging to Your arm

And gazing in the eyes

That holds a passion that can never be undone

You are the charming One