Cover art for Temptation Greets You Like Your Naughty Friend by Arctic Monkeys

Temptation Greets You Like Your Naughty Friend

Temptation Greets You Like Your Naughty Friend Lyrics

[Chorus: Alex Turner]
I don't ever want to hate you
So don't show me your bed

The only roads are cul-de-sacs
The only ends are dead
I don't ever want to hate you
It's not part of the plan
So keep your charm where I can't see it
And your hands where I can

[Verse 3: Dizzee Rascal]
Yo, it's Rasc' gettin' dirtee stankin', yeah
We used to be in tight, me and my naughty friends
Caused pure madness in the end, I mean day and night
We robbed, we stole, we loved to fight
Smoking, drinking, drag riding
Drugs, thugs, not law-abiding
Reckless youngsters, no direction, no sign of correction
But then I switched it off, changed my ways
Run the area like, "Oh, my days"
But a lot of my naughty friends, they're not phased
Can't believe that this music pays
See no reason why we can't do
All the things that we've always done
Still in my heart I know that's just one
But it's hard to fight the temptation, son

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Originally Alex Turner, the lead singer of the Arctic Monkeys recorded a song with Dizzee Rascal called “Temptation”. Later, the Arctic Monkeys released their own version of the song as a B-Side including one verse from Dizzee Rascal

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