There's nothing like summer in the city
Someone under stress meets someone looking pretty
There's trouble in the air, you can smell it
And Alexander's by himself
You've never seen a bastard orphan
That's when Miss Maria Reynolds walked into my life
I know you are a man of honor
I'm so sorry to bother you at home
But I don't know where to go
And I came here all alone
My husband's doin' me wrong
Beatin' me, cheatin' me, mistreatin' me
Suddenly he's up and gone
I don't have the means to go on
I offered to walk her home, she said
I gave her thirty bucks that I had socked away
She lived a block away, she said
Then I said, "Well, I should head back home"
She turned red, she led me to her bed
Let her legs spread and said
That's when I began to pray
Lord, show me how to say no to this
I don't know how to say no to this
But my God, she looks so helpless
And her body's saying, "hell, yes"
No, show me how to say no to this (Whoa)
I don't know how to say no to this
In my mind, I'm trynna go (Go, go, go!)
Then her mouth is on mine, and I don't say (No! No!)
I wish I could say that was the last time
I said that last time, it became a pastime
A month into this endeavor
I received a letter from a Mr. James Reynolds
Dear Sir, I hope this letter finds you in good health
And in a prosperous enough position to put wealth
In the pockets of people like me
You see, that was my wife who you decided to
You made the wrong sucker a cuckold
So time to pay the piper for the pants you unbuckled
And hey, you can keep seein' my whore wife
If not, I'm telling your wife
I hid the letter and I raced to her place
Screamed "How could you?" in her face
A mess, she looked pathetic
So was your whole story a setup?
(I don't know about any letter!)
Stop crying goddamnit, get up!
(I didn't know any better!)
(Please don't leave me with him)
I am helpless (I am helpless)
Just give him what he wants and you can have me (I don't want you)
Whatever you want (I don't want you)
If you pay you can stay (I don't-)
Lord, show me how to say no to this (Tonight)
I don't know how to say no to this
But the situation's helpless (Helpless)
And her body's screaming "hell, yes"
No, show me how to say no to this! (Whoa!)
How can I say no to this?
There is nowhere I can go (Go, go, go!)
When her body's on mine I do not say
Say no to this, I don't say no to this
There is nowhere I can go (Go, go, go)
Lord show me how to say no to this