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 10

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 midday to one

In a little black cocktail dress everyone hates

She'll be saving the world

And putting 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

Hundred ten percent certain and virtually real

If you need something to feel

Then favor a good punishing kiss

It helps chase the wasted afternoons

The flowers and the pearls

The long lost relations

That lovesick tomboy 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