[Intro] [Verse 1] Church chimes ringing just next store I was looking for something more Bells tolling for a broken heart I must love just to fall apart That afternoon everything was all right World was burning up disease and fright Sitting around lazy a spoon And I was waiting for you and the next full moon [Chorus] The best kiss I never want to miss Came from your lying lips spite of this [Verse 2] But you know I was long past that Keeping cool in my panama hat Lost weekends in the distant sublime Take my vacation sunset lavender time Just one trick and I do it out of habit Back to the hotel fast as rabbits I smell the perfume on her tender slim wrist And I keep telling myself it don’t get better than this [Chorus] The best kiss I never want to miss Came from your lying lips spite of this [Bridge] Everybody knows where the conscience goes Everybody shows that where the evil grows [Verse 3] Kids upstairs asleep as a mouse My own worries are too big for this house Newspapers try to tell me what matters I’m telling you they’re all as crazy as Manhatters I remember the shine of her bottom lip And the kind of smile that could launch a thousand ships Sit around nursing my wet memory Or I could walk upstairs where she’d be waiting for me [Chorus] The best kiss I never want to miss Came from your lying lips spite of this   The best kiss I never want to miss Came from your lying lips spite of this