Punishing Kiss

I favor a good punishing kiss

It helps pass the lonely afternoons

Another stiff drink, wipe off that lipstick

For when you reach a certain age

All the most villainous men

Can be found on channel ten

And I make them dance

In attendance

'We will be back in a minute or two'

And he will punish that girl

Oh, I forget the reason

Just look at me, I'm lost in a social whirl

She was never so witty

Always struggling to be full of fun

'On weekdays

From mid-day to one'

In a little black cocktail dress everyone hates

She'll be saving the world in between fashion plates

I know what she gets up to in the back of that black limousine

And I find myself shouting at the screen

I think that it's time to turn over

They say it's harmless, I know

A hundred-ten percent certain

Virtually real

If you need something to feel

Then favor a punishing kiss

It helps chase the wasted afternoons

The flowers and the pearls

The long-lost relations

That love sick tom-boy comes in bloom

All the pointless heartache

That seems to belong in my blue room

Can't stand the suspense

The endless embraces

When each episode lends a silly pretense

Say I can turn away when I will never miss

It starts with a joke

And ends with a punishing kiss