St. Augustine’s Pears

Based on Romans 7:19

Late one night I heard a knock at the door
The boys were really painting the town
I was just another bored teenage boy
Kickin' up and actin' the clown

Yeah

One dare led to another dare
Then things were getting out of control
We hopped the fence and we stole the pears
And I threw away a part of my soul
Yes, I threw away a part of my soul

Now it's haunting me
How I stole those pears
'Cause I loved the wrong
Even though I knew a better way
Not for hunger or poverty
It was more than pears
That I ended up throwin' away
Eah

Time goes by, now I'm old and grey
Those pears are just a memory
I would gladly pay all I have today
But that's just not the problem you see

'Cause it's haunting me
How I stole those pears
'Cause I loved the wrong
Even though I knew a better way
Not for hunger or poverty
It was more than pears
That I ended up throwin' away
Yeah, yeah

Why do we love
All the things that are wrong
Forbidden fruit
Has a strange siren song
Why do we do
What we don't want to do
When we live with regrets
Our whole life through

But it's haunting me
How I stole those pears
'Cause I loved the wrong
Even though I knew a better way
Not for hunger or poverty
It was more than pears
That I ended up throwin' away
Yeah, yeah, whoa-whoa...

And I don't even like pears that well
No, no, no, no, no
I don't even like them
Oh, no, no, no pears that well
Oh, I don't even like it at all