Say No To This

There's nothing like summer in the city

Someone under stress meets someone looking pretty

There's trouble in the air, you can smell it

And Alexander's by himself, I'll let him tell it

I hadn't slept in a week, I was weak, I was awake

You've never seen a bastard orphan more in need of a break

Longing for Angelica, missing my wife

That's when Miss Maria Reynolds walked into my life, she said

I know you are a man of honor

I'm so sorry to bother you at home

But I don't know where to go, and I came here all alone

She said

My husband's doin' me wrong

Beatin' me, cheatin' me, mistreatin' me

Suddenly, he's up and gone

I don't have the means to go on

So I offered her a loan, I offered to walk her home, she said

You're too kind, sir

I gave her thirty bucks that I had socked away

She lived a block away, she said

This one's mine, sir

Then I said, "Well, I should head back home"

She turned red, she led me to her bed

Let her legs spread and said

Stay

Hey

Hey

That's when I began to pray

Lord, show me how to say no to this

I don't know how to say no to this

But my God, she looked so helpless

And her body's saying, "Hell, yes"

Whoa

No, show me how to say no to this

I don't know how to say no to this

In my mind, I'm tryin' to go (Go, go, go)

Then her mouth is on mine, and I don't say

No, no, say no to this

No, no, say no to this

No, no, say no to this

No, no, say no to this

I wish I could say that was the last time

I said that last time, it became a pastime

A month into this endeavor, I received a letter

From a Mr. James Reynolds, even better, it said

"Dear Sir, I hope this letter finds you in good health

And in a prosperous enough position to put wealth

In the pockets of people like me down on their luck

You see, that was my wife who you decided to

Fu-

Uh-oh, you made the wrong sucker a cuckold

So time to pay the piper for the pants you unbuckled

And, hey, you can keep seein' my whore wife

If the price is right, if not, I'm telling your wife"

I hid the letter, and I raced to her place

Screamed, "How could you?" in her face, she said

No, sir

Half-dressed, apologetic, a mess

She looked pathetic, she cried

Please don't go, sir

So was your whole story a setup?

I don't know about any letter

Stop crying, goddammit, get up

I didn't know any better

I am ruined

Please don't leave me with him helpless

I am helpless, how could I do this?

Just give him what he wants and you can have me

I don't want you, I don't want you

Whatever you want, if you pay

You can stay

Lord, show me how to say no to this

I don't know how to say no to this

I

'Cause the situation's helpless

Helpless

And her body's screaming, "Hell, yes"

Whoa

No, show me how to say no to this

How can I say no to this?

There is nowhere I can go (Go, go, go)

When her body's on mine, I do not say

(No) Yes

Say no to this

(No) Yes

Say no to this

(No) Yes

Say no to this

(No) Yes

Say no to this (Yes)

Say no to this, I don't say no to this

There is nowhere I can go (Go, go, go)

So?

Nobody needs to know