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
