Lyrics

Wholesome Harlot

By Eric Tweed
Copyright 2006

She said I ain't ever been to Brooklyn, but I sure as hell have seen the Brooklyn Bridge
How I long for home how I long for that great blue ridge
She said there's a thousand, but just one who does it differently
She said with coviction, wouldn't you know that one is me

I offered up my last cigarette
To be polite and make her feel at home
I was a nervous wreck
She said no thanks I roll my own

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Wholesome Harlot
Just how wholesome can she be
Wholesome Harlot
Won't you come spend the night with me

Way down deep in the deep south, that's where almost made her drown
They say girl all you do for the lord and still a life of sin is where your bound
She said thought maybe I'd prove them right looking out from my corner office throne
Well maybe Jesus forgot me when he picked up and rolled away the stone

Well I tried to console her
By saying what you're doing seems ok
She said I don't care about sin because I
Dropped off Jesus somewhere along the way

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Wholesome Harlot
Just how wholesome can she be
Wholesome Harlot
Won't you come spend the night with me

Sunlight came and felled the spirit of my high heeled willow
And she solicits the solitude to capture all the secrets it has told
In a cracked mason jar that's she brought all the way from home
You should see how she presents herself in a style that all her own

I think I know what she's saying now
She's a little bit broken but she'll mend well
Puts her cigarette back in her mouth
Says don't worry son I'll never tell

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Wholesome Harlot
You make it sound so simple
Wholesome Harlot
Won't you keep your voice down a little
Wholesome Harlot
Just how wholesome can she be
Wholesome Harlot
Won't you come spend the night with me