I knew she was my better

By the third time that we met;

My undoing, if I let her—

My alluring Juliette

She bloomed there like a lily

In the dust of yesterday

Laying roots in all that silly—

Things I think but never say

So, amused, I moved to-ward her

Like a gambler to his debts—

Un-eager to give quarter

To intrusive Juliettes

And she said she was a dancer

But I really could have guessed

From the glide inside her answer

And the frame beneath her dress

And I heard she wasn’t kidding

From the newsmen keeping score

And the boys who do her bidding

Say she’s always craving more

And our kisses there were wetter

Than this wine I’ll soon forget;

Neither elegant nor redder

Than the lips of Juliette

Labios sueltos, suaves y encendidos

Desbordados sobre esta Julieta

Her perfume moved around me

The sweetest kind of threat;

And when the morning found me

There was no Juliette

She took from me my final look

Her farewell pirouette

And chewed her number from my book

That elusive Juliette

And she swore she was a dancer

But the truth was something less

From the cry inside her answer

And the frame beneath her dress

And I heard she wasn’t kidding

From the newsmen keeping score

And the boys who do her bidding

Say she’s always craving more

Labios sueltos, suaves y encendidos

Desbordados sobre esta Julieta

So let me pour one final sip

To re-appraise that wine

And re-adjust the brutal tip—

This ruined tongue of mine

And which one of us was better

That last time that we met?

She undid me, but I let her—

My alluring Juliette

And which one of us was better

That last time that we met?

She undid me, but I let her—

My alluring Juliette