ONLY A KISS Tommy dressed up like Errol Flynn Strutted around the seaside town Julie thought the world of him She never wanted to put him down There's a voice saying 'why d'ya do it?' There's a reply 'I don't know' There's a man doing something he shouldn't There's a woman taking money 'Hey, what the hell is this?' 'I can explain', he said 'That it's only a kiss Only, only, only, only a kiss' Then by chance as she walked back From the picture palace one night There was Tommy, lipstick on his cheek Plain as day in the cool moonlight There's a voice saying 'why d'ya do it?' There's a reply 'I don't know' There's a man doing something he shouldn't There's a woman taking money 'Hey, what the hell is this?' 'I can explain', he said 'That it's only a kiss Only, only, only, only a kiss' What a silence the shame would bring Back to back in the bed all week Julie read her romance books And Tommy went into a deep, deep sleep Nothing was said about it again There was no need to because Every time intermittent circumstances arose There it was There's a voice saying 'why d'ya do it?' There's a reply 'I don't know' There's a man doing something he shouldn't There's a woman taking money 'Hey, what the hell is this?' 'I can explain', he said 'That it's only a kiss Only, only, only, only a kiss' © 2007 Ray Sharp/Andy Furlong