Acquired Taste

They were sophisticated kids
With their down river motives
It was common practice to be creative

It was unknown pleasures then
It was only beginning
Other romances were innocently swift

And you just wanna spend our time
Like a boat adrift at sea
You couldn't have been more kind
Like it's a new way to be free (Acquired taste)

This was just how joy was done
Two young artists in the sun
Vaguely modern, old fashion bohemian

She would glance up at the sky
With their airplanes flying by
To the places she saved in their magazines

They never wanted my advice
Though I've got it right in this case
Stumbling over your vice
'Til bad habits detonate

All our conversations are so fascinating
Highly elevated her imagination
Making all these details much less complicated
Low key, easy going and well educated

I got lovely letters still
You wrote on 20 dollar bills
Just reminding me how heaven felt in those days

We would sit at our café
With your books and attaché
It's so fashionably rich of you to say

That you just wanna spend our time
Giving all our love away
You said I'm your kind of guy
And I'm a sweet acquired taste

Oh, darling, wait 'til you see what I show ya
City lights are fading behind us
Greener pastures, clear blue horizons
This romance could go on forever

It was Paris in the spring
It was old world Italy
Oh, how I adore this delicate charade

We're romancing wasted youth
Such a lovely thing to lose
Everything I ever loved required taste

So, baby, let's romance our time
While we live here by the sea
Life on the softer side
And we're a sweet acquired taste

Oh, darling, you couldn't be any more lovely
I still fall in love with you daily
Wait until you see where I take ya
This whole world can still be your oyster

Darling,
Acquired taste
You were sweet acquired taste
Acquired taste
You were sweet acquired taste