Innocent Kiss

Composer: Evan Bivins

 

Studio Recordings: unknown
Releases: Buzz (live) / The Early Years Vol. I (live)
Tablature: Tablature Archive
First Performance: Fall 1995
Lyrical Transcription: Offical lyrics, taken from jumplittlechildren.com in the fall of 1997

A simple proposition
A simple night of passion
Tell me I'm not crazy 
Talk me down, give me ration
Intuition is a home 
Dusty with neglect
No longer is it clear for me
Whatever is correct
A harmless fixation
Pac Abel's consumption
A dinner bell clatter
Two for tea for two for luncheon
Unrequited love 
Is a plate left untouched
Even when the belly’s empty 
Got a belly full of lust
Phasing everyday 
Like the moon trying to stay
Like emotions going wild
Trying to keep in one place
Jealousy and rage
Serenity and grace 
Throwing switches in my mind 
With the message on my face
Burning up like a comet
A starry street rocket 
Like an animal in heat
With my heart in my pocket
Mister, could you spare a dime?
A nickel? Or a dollar?
All I have is what you wouldn’t want
I would holler

Chase it down
Or give it up 
Roll the dice 
And try your luck 
But if you do 
Remember this:
There’s no such thing
As an innocent kiss

Overstuffed imagination
In perpetual motion
Spewing red sauce sangria
‘Cause my heart is on the ocean
Out to sea without an anchor
Professor or the skipper
Just me and Mary Anne 
Trying to fit the glass slipper
But lurking in the corner
Staring back in the mirror 
Is the Boogey Man 
Waiting there 
With everything I fear
Pick me up while I'm down 
Just to put me down again
A glimmer of a glimpse 
Of what it feels like to win

Chase it down
Or give it up 
Roll the dice 
And try your luck 
But if you do 
Remember this:
There’s no such thing
As an innocent kiss

A simple proposition
A simple night of passion
Tell me I'm not crazy 
Talk me down, give me ration
Intuition is a home 
Dusty with neglect
No longer is it clear for me
Whatever is correct
Chasing out an apparition
Shake my head 
Clear my vision
Bring it all back down to earth 
With a clear cut decision
Take a breather 
Get some rest 
If it isn’t do or die 
A fantasy will do if reality is shy
A fantasy will do if reality is shy
A fantasy will do if reality is shy

Chase it down
Or give it up 
Roll the dice 
And try your luck 
But if you do 
Remember this:
There’s no such thing
As an innocent kiss