A cheap one   To take you from here to heaven   Do you believe that that will do for you?    A quick one   To unwind the slow turning hours   Do you believe that that's what you deserve?       You touch my arm with your hand   And my secret eye sees your shirt on the floor   And I pull away while trying to stay by your side      And I'm tumbling, tumbling   Out of the open arms of sin   Tumbling, tumbling   From ragtime to rags again      Listen   I'm thinking words I'm not saying   This is not the time to betray my desire for you      I'm sorry   I led you into my indecision   I was hoping that you could wash my confusion away      You touch my arm with your hand   And my secret eye sees your shirt on the floor   And I pull away while trying to stay by your side      And I'm tumbling, tumbling   Out of the open arms of sin   Tumbling, tumbling   From ragtime to rags again      Parting   Torn from your side with a whisper   We stare at the clock aware that it's too late      Trust me   Someday we will be lovers   But somehow I wish that I'd shared a cheap one with you      And I'm tumbling, tumbling   Out of the open arms of sin   Tumbling, tumbling   From ragtime to rags again