Don't lie, where you been? teeth are red, your eyes are peppermints Sailing out to sea with new best friend You don't the way you live so you play pretend
But it time you act your age? You got a mortgage on your shoulders, got a on the way You shrug it off with a jackass as soon as you clean up you're gonna do it again, he says
Whoa, oh, oh no I'm going to Pleasure Island, I wanna come home Whoa, oh, oh no The says beware, he swears we're going to hell We may be donkeys but at least we a tale to tell
Don't start the slap on the wrist I need no cease and desist I ain't fooling around and it no sin So you best be back those ugly ultimatums
And never you mind what old maid says There ain't nothing to complain so long as earning bread She's got a way of getting under skin She plants a seed of doubt, the guilt blossoms, she says
Whoa, oh, oh no If going to Pleasure Island, you can never come home Whoa, oh, oh no The problem you, kid, you can't say no You can't take a little nibble, you got to lick the
I pushed off, I'm sailing away and I ain't looking Can't have you see me this way just might be my greatest mistake Though when the future turns away for the present's My life was of pleasure but it sure wasn't pleasant, he says
Whoa, oh, oh no I'm to Pleasure Island, I ain't never going home Whoa, oh, oh no I'll make an ass out of myself sooner than say, I'm Yeah, soon be bucking around in the mud
Whoa, oh, oh no I'm going to Pleasure Island, I ain't back home Whoa, oh, oh no And mama's stuffing her Bible, she swears we're going to And papa just chills, he wants to here as well We may be donkeys but at we have a tale to tell