Ch. It's a bright shining star, it's warmth fills the barroom And the spell that it weaves any man would beguile But when the morning light falls, and the dream comes unwinding Cold death is left shining in the temptress's smile V.1 She waits for you there in a corner so dim Like a serpent uncoiling, ever drawing you in Just a word from her lips and you run straight away Your wife and your children to shame and betray Repeat ch. V.2 The curtain hangs open, you wake from her bed False words and stale whiskey ring loud in your head Her grin now a demon's, the body you craved Grown full from the soul that you carelessly gave