I Am Tempted

[Andy Balham]

I Am Tempted by The Miasmatics

Verse 1
Every time I look at you I get that feeling that I want to lose myself again
And I guess I've got to face it even though I know I'll hate it just to give myself a chance

Chorus
And from my precipice to your warm abyss is one short step I’ve taken before
And when your arms surround me I know you’ve found me and I feel that I'm home once more

Verse 2
Everywhere I look I see reminders of your legacy staring me in the face
Scars on my skin and some deep within that I’ll take with me to the grave

Chorus

Verse 3
Now many years have passed since I last regressed but it's still part of me to this day

Chorus

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[PiGPEN]

Hes got blood on his hands but swears its stigmata
Trades it for oil, Fights for his father
But his father aint holy and his fights are wars
Gives to the rich and robs from the poor
Robbin' hoods, a religious, vicious crook
Bombs over Baghdad, Tikrit and Kirkuk
Guns in Babylon, Swords over Mecca
Doomsday predictor, Jerusalem protector
Bible thumper, dumb as shit
Except when it comes to war-mongering media blitz
I respect his crimes though
Takes smarts to steal 2 elections in a row

I am tempted to pick up this rifle with intention
To send these martyrs to repent in heavenly sanction
Change a nation, Change the Earth
How much was your vote worth?

Welcome back full rule of thieves and crooks
That hide from attacks and read childrens books
That send 18 year old kids to fight Al Quaida
While they play on boats, dress-up as Air Fighters
One Field, 2 Towers, 3 Seven57's
Missles hit the Pentagon on September 11th
Generation insurrection an election stolen
America's run by a bush, dick and a col(o/i)n
So you get fucked, fuck and shitted on
Fox News is more informed than the Pentagon
Opinion forced in through truth distortion
Barbara shoulda had an abortion

Now this man isnt meek doesnt turn the other cheek
Takes any excuse to war with the weak
An opressive, agressive liar
How the fuck you let this man be yo messiah?
Now who the fuck voted for Bush?
Diebold machines voted for Bush?
Now who the fuck voted for Bush?
Fags across the land voted for Bush
Now who the fuck voted for Bush?
Aborted foetes voted for Bush
Now who the fuck voted for Bush?
Bush was voted in by John Kerry's chin

Bush was voted in by John Kerry's chin
Bush was voted in by ignorant kin
Bush was voted in to fight your sins?
Bush was voted in nobody wins

I intend to blow out his brain
I am tempted to end his reign
Im infected by his insane
I am tempted to end his reign

[slowRodeo]

I Am Tempted

They say the snow falls harder in Missouri around this time of the year
well right now where im standing it falls softly on my face
and its times like these that make me believe that life is easy and
losing isn't that hard

\/\/ Chorus \/\/
so this is how real life goes

well I am tempted
t give up right here and now X2

If this is how real life goes
/\/\ Chorus /\/\


I was driving to the hospital
when I realized that im not truly alive
and everyone's failures are someone else's art
failing isn't that hard

And death seems so easy these days
But standing in your room over your bed
I'd do anything to make it hard
And its times like these that make me wish That life was easy and
Losing isn' t that hard

>>Chorus<<

\/ BRIDGE/ OUTTRO \/


I think I think
I'd like the easy out
I think I think
That a shortcut would be nice
I think I think
I'd like the easy out




end.

story behind lyrics:

About a week and half ago my step-grandpa died. he was in intensive care for two and half weeks unconcious. this song is for my grandma and is written from her point of view. she lost her first husband 11 years ago in death. then she married bob my step grandpa. now she lost him too. this is mostly from what i think would be going on in my head if i was her.
his memorial was sunday(yesterday) and last night after that i recorded this song.

[joshw]

I Am Tempted by Josh Woodward

Sweet little Cherry got her hands in her pockets
and she's waiting for a downtown train

High heel boots with the straps hung low
And her head hanging down in shame

The wolves all dress up just like sheep
and the go and hit the town
Cherry never sees 'em
But they're hanging all around

Sweet little Cherry got a switchblade Jimmy
Come and take her down to 4th and Main

Her mind in a haze of the better days
Before her body was an ad campaign

But now the filthy crooks and pocketbooks
Are all that Cherry sees
The dashboard dogs and backseat hogs and
Down onto her knees

I am tempted, I am weak
I'm too weak to try to speak
I am tempted, I'm ashamed
Yeah, I'm ashamed and I'm to blame

You'll see
Yeah I'm tempted by the cherry tree

Sweet little Cherry took the last bus home
In the middle of the pouring rain

She saw the bad boys sleeping and the good girls weeping
Through the fog on the window panes

And Cherry wants to make it right
But she never has a prayer
Cuz as long as there are bad boys
They'll be penny millionaires

I am tempted, I am weak
I'm too weak to try to speak
I am tempted, I'm ashamed
Yeah, I'm ashamed and I'm to blame

You'll see
Yeah I'm tempted by the cherry tree

[Rabid Garfunkel]

I Am Tempted
by Soylent Spuds
Johnny Cashpoint -- music & mix
Rabid Garfunkel -- words & vox

I am a liberal
I am a liberal

What's it feel like on the winning side?
What's it feel like deep inside?
To get something done

We congratulate ourselves for thinking right
While conservatives were working all night
Calling on the phone
While we bitch and moan

We wring our hands and think that people understand
As they work to reinforce their brand
And the trains run on time

While they were out making sure everyone knew how great W was, we assumed people would see reason and let it go at that...

We were wrong

I am a liberal
I am a liberal
I am a liberal
I am a liberal
But I am tempted sometimes
Yes I am tempted sometimes
To cross those party lines