Temptation - James Yorkston

At this stage it should be said this could be nothing

Or this it could be great

And all my grand plans could be thrown into disarray

But I must take the blame a half-hard word

A broken promise

Is that really you offers?

Is that really you’re offering me?

If all it takes is envy and a mention of her name

To drive you off the rails

Temptation will I survive I’m sure I will

The temptation is rife to follow your lead

Colour your eyes

To take your chances, to take your chances whilst

We have them

And I can’t stand to see you as drunk as you are

Slurring your words and staggering

It’s all too much for me to take in

So I will just find refuge in a well harvested harbour

Bar and I’ll be slurring my words and staggering but

Where’s the harm in that it seems?

And now you’ve seen me lost, deserted and confused

Is the love still there?

Am I the man, am I the man

That you imagined?

The temptation is rife, to follow

Your lead colour your eyes, to take your chances, to

Take your chances whilst you have them

You know that I hate you, but that’s not true at all

Sometimes I want to hold you tight and sometimes I

Want to throw you against the wall, but that’s not

Hate at all it’s love in all it’s glory all the

Contradictions and the questions that I don’t

Understand and I probably never will

If all it takes is envy and a mention of her name

To drive you off the rails

Temptation will I survive I’m sure I will

The temptation is rife to follow your lead

Colour your eyes

To take your chances, to take your chances whilst

We have them

At this stage it should be said this could be nothing

Or this it could be great

And all my grand plans could be thrown into disarray

But I must take the blame a half-hard word

A broken promise

Is that really you offers?

Is that really you’re offering me?

And now you’ve seen me lost, deserted and confused

Is the love still there?

Am I the man, am I the man

That you imagined?

The temptation is rife, to follow

Your lead colour your eyes, to take your chances, to

Take your chances whilst you have them

If all it takes is envy and a mention of her name

To drive you off the rails

Temptation will I survive I’m sure I will

The temptation is rife to follow your lead

Colour your eyes

To take your chances, to take your chances whilst

We have them