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Artist: Tom Waits
Canonical path: /tom-waits/temptation
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Temptation
Read Temptation lyrics by Tom Waits on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Temptation
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Rusted brandy in a diamond glass
everything is made from dreams
time is made from honey slow and sweet
only the fools know what it means
temptation, temptation, temptation
oh, temptation, temptation, I can't resist
I know that she is made of smoke
but I've lost my way
she knows that I am broke
so that I must play
temptation, temptation, temptation
oh, woah, temptation, temptation, I can resist
Dutch pink and Italian blue
she is there waiting for you
my will his disappeared
now my confusion's oh so clear
temptation, temptation, temptation
woah, woah, temptation, temptation
I can't resist
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Tom Waits performs "Temptation", and this lyric page sits inside the Tom Waits catalog on LyroVerse.
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