"At First Glance"

"Two tickets and an evening together

Couldn't have been more perfect weather

Slowly walking side by side

The set-up was just right

The wise old peddler to your left quietly cautions

About the dangers of the maiden's loose concoctions

His maiden twists her golden hair

And winks at the young man as if to dare

For him to come a little closer

The voice of the old peddler on his mind still plays..

while he watches this maiden a little less than amazed

The audience applauding while she's skillfully plotting

to snatch your purity tonight

Seduction has you under her snipe

Perfect motion

Look at her dance

Watch as she wins you over at first glance

'Oh, Jezebel, you're too close to him

take a step backoff all the looks you sell

you're promoting a lofty image of yourself

Promiscuity don't promise you any

More than a hard fall

With a chest that full

Of nothing more than pride

Yes, you'd be a fool to provide

A place for sin to lie

What happened to your pretty smile

Replaced by lustful lips so vile

Stumbling brothers around you crawl

Even the strongest hearts can fall

What are you doing to yourself?

Why did you place your virtue on the shelf?

Your beauty is trapped behind that veil

Your prince shall run before he hails

His knee will not bow

Scorn will glare from his brow

He will keep waiting until he's found

A princess to match this sacred crown

He's saving for that special day

He won't tamper with your loose parade

He's not flirting with your loaded gun                                                 

He's running fast away

From the *bunny* of Babylon

No more does he look upon her face.

When first he believed

Your beauty was unmatched

time cracked your shell and uglyness had hatched

Seduction is no match for Purity

He sees right through your insecurity.

Love is respect

And your hand he won't touch

No more can he watch

At first glance was too much.                               

For purity is carved deep into the mind of this man

He won't eat the bitter fruit from your wayword hand

He repeats wisdom the day throughout to stay strong

He can't hear your candy-covered song

Not at all, not at all,

As you dance

He stands tall

he spins you out

Watch your fall

For he won't be there to catch you, no doubt.

You had your last chance

At first glance.'" 



Proverbs 7 - Dressed to Seduce 

1 -5 Dear friend, do what I tell you; treasure my careful instructions. Do what I say and you'll live well. My teaching is as precious as your eyesight—guard it! Write it out on the back of your hands; etch it on the chambers of your heart. Talk to Wisdom as to a sister. Treat Insight as your companion. They'll be with you to fend off the Temptress—that smooth-talking, honey-tongued Seductress.  6 -12 As I stood at the window of my house looking out through the shutters, Watching the mindless crowd stroll by, I spotted a young man without any sense Arriving at the corner of the street where she lived,  then turning up the path to her house. It was dusk, the evening coming on,  the darkness thickening into night. Just then, a woman met him—  she'd been lying in wait for him, dressed to seduce him. Brazen and brash she was, restless and roaming,   

21 -23 Soon she has him eating out of her hand, bewitched by her honeyed speech. Before you know it, he's trotting behind her, like a calf led to the butcher shop, Like a stag lured into ambush and then shot with an arrow, Like a bird flying into a net not knowing that its flying life is over. 

24 -27 So, friends, listen to me, take these words of mine most seriously. Don't fool around with a woman like that; don't even stroll through her neighborhood. Countless victims come under her spell; she's the death of many a poor man. She runs a halfway house to hell,  fits you out with a shroud and a coffin.