Poison

Released: May 3, 1988

Songwriter: Rikki Rockett Bobby Dall C.C. DeVille Bret Michaels

Producer: Tom Werman

You can look
But you can't touch it
Well let's go

Good girls go to Heaven
Bad girls go to Hell
Rest of them get rich
Do just what they feel

Rich boys live in houses
Poor live in sin
Rest of them get married
Never seen again

Let me tell the story explain the shape I'm in
Girl I had this night never tasted sin
Took her to my hotel tried to get my way
"Wait a minute Bret something I must say" she said

"If you wanna talk fine with me
If you want more you'd better let me be"

'Cause you can look but you can't touch
'Cause the best things in life ain't cheap no
You can look but you can't touch
Baby no I ain't meant for keep

Maybe I'm a bad boy
Been around the block
I am good at one
Believe me didn't talk

She said "You must be kidding
I've heard this all before
Other girls might buy it
I don't, that's for sure"

Wait a minute baby, don't want you go
Don't get no closer, answer still is no
Wined her, dined her, fancy talked
Acted cool and smooth
Got my hands around her shoulder
Two inches from the move

I guess I'm about as close as I could be
I finally made my move, she just said to me

"You can look but you can't touch
'Cause the best things in life ain't cheap no
You can look but you can't touch
Baby no I ain't meant for keep"

Wait a minute baby, let me say please
Hand up her leg, slapped me across the face
You must be kiddin', action ain't a crime
It's been a month just to get that piece of mind, let's go

So, I started really thinkin'
And I got myself a plan
I opened up a cold beer
And I handed her the can

She drank it down real fast until she nearly choked
Jumped up on my bed, tore off all her clothes and said

Look but you can't touch
'Cause the best things in life ain't cheap, no
You can look but you can't touch
'Cause baby, I ain't for keeps

You can look (look), but don't touch, no
You can look (look), but don't touch, no
You can look (look), but don't touch, no
You can look look, yow

Poison is an American rock band that achieved great commercial success in the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. Poison has sold over 50 million records worldwide and has sold 15 million records in the United States alone.

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