The Temptress's Smile

It's a bright shinning star

And its warmth fills the barroom

And the spell that it weaves

Any man would be gone

But when the morning light falls

And the dream comes unwinding

Cold death is left shining

And the temptresses smile

Well she waits for you there in the corner so dim

Like a serpent uncoiling ever drawing you in

Just a word from her lips and you run straight away

Your wife and your children to shame and betray

It's a bright shinning star

And its warmth fills the barroom

And the spell that it weaves

Any man would be gone

But when the morning light falls

And the dream comes unwinding

Cold death is left shining

And the temptresses smile

Well the curtain hangs open you wake from her bed

False words of stale whiskey ring loud in your head

Her grin now a demon's and the body you crave

Grown cold from the soul that you carelessly gave

It's a bright shinning star

And its warmth fills the barroom

And the spell that it weaves

Any man would be gone

But when the morning light falls

And the dream comes unwinding

Cold death is left shining

And the temptresses smile

Cold death is left shining

And the temptresses smile