Tempted Songtext
von Erykah Badu & James Poyser

I bought a toothbrush, some toothpaste
A flannel for my face
Pajamas, a hairbrush
New shoes and a case
I said to my reflection
"Let′s get out of this place"

Passed the churches and the steeples
The laundry on the hill
Billboards and the buildings
Memories of it still
Keep calling and calling
But forget it all, I know I will

Tempted by the fruit of another
Tempted but the truth is discovered
What's been going on?
Now that you have gone there′s no other
Tempted by the fruit of another
Tempted but the truth is discovered


I'm at the car park, the airport
The baggage carousel
(The people keep on grindin')
Ain′t wishing I was well
I said it′s no occasion
(It's no story I could tell)

At my bedside empty pocket
A foot without a sock
Your body gets much closer
I fumble for the clock
Alarmed by the seduction
I wish that it would stop

Tempted by the fruit of another
Tempted but the truth is discovered
What′s been going on?
Now that you have gone There's no other
Tempted by the fruit of another
Tempted but the truth is discovered

I bought a novel, some perfume
A fortune all for you (a fortune all for you)
Though it′s not my conscience
That hates to be untrue
I asked of my reflection
Tell me what is there to do?


Tempted by the fruit of another
Tempted but the truth is discovered
What's been going on?

There′s no other
Tempted by the fruit of another
Tempted but the truth is discovered

There's no other