Costello: Punishing Kiss

I favour a good punishing kiss

It helps pass the lonely afternoon

Another stiff drink wipe off that lipstick

For when you reach a certain age

All the most villainous men can be found on channel ten

I make them dance in attendance

'We will be back in a minute or two'

And he will punish that girl

Oh 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 mid day to one'

In a little black cocktail dress everyone hates

She'll be saving the world inbetween fashion plates

I know what she gets up to in the back of that blacked out limousine

And I catch myself shouting at the screen

I think that it's time to turn over

They say it's harmless I know

A hundred and ten percent certain

Virtually real

If you need something to feel

Then favour a punishing kiss

It helps chase the wasted afternoons

The flowers and pearls

The long lost relations

That love sick tom boy comes in bloom

The pointless heartache

That seems to belong in my blue room

Can't stand the suspense

The endless embraces

Each episode lends the silly pretence

Say I can look away when I will never miss it

Starts with a joke

And ends with a punishing kiss