“Judas Kiss” by Scott Kempner appears on the 1988 Del-Lords album, Based on a True Story.
This is a love song to a girl who betrayed him for the ultimate high. The protagonist tells a story about his lover who was was a crack cocaine addict, and although she promised that she’ll stop using, she con...
It’s been a long hot summer
I’m still waiting on a breeze
I got nothing in my pockets
I got holes in my jeans
The radio kept playing
Those same old rotten songs
Every single tune reminded me of you
All summer long
And the roses in the closet
All summer I’ve watched them fade
Now they crumble to the touch
Like the promises you made
When I close my eyes
I can still taste your lips
Now I’m left here alone
Betrayed by your Judas Kiss
Judas Kiss, Judas Kiss
You left me hanging at the altar
Well, it might as well have been
For as sure as I’m standing here
There is sin, and you have sinned
It don’t matter if we like it
There is right, and there is wrong
And, if you look that hard for trouble
It surely won’t take long
You remember our favorite picture?
It’s collecting dust under the bed
My bed of fire and nails
A jagged stone for my weary head
When I close my eyes
I can still taste your lips
Now I’m left here alone
Betrayed by your Judas Kiss
Judas Kiss, Judas Kiss
First it was cocaine
Then you discovered crack
Then, like they say, you got so high
You were never coming back
Judas Kiss, you called it
Such a clever fucking name
I miss you so bad
I may never get well
It’s so sad, such a goddamn shame
And the roses in the closet
I took them from your grave
Everyday I stand and look at them
Then I bow my head and pray
I hope wherever you are
It’s a better place than this
I’m left here alone
Betrayed by your Judas Kiss
Judas Kiss, Judas Kiss
Judas Kiss, Judas Kiss
Judas Kiss was written by Scott Kempner.
Del-Lords released Judas Kiss on Fri Jan 01 1988.