Aphrodisiac Loudon Wainwright III

He was checking her out at the sound check
She was sounding and looking real good
Kind of a cross between Edith Piaf
And little Red Riding Hood

She was young enough to be his daughter
And old enough to have been around
Good enough to blow him off of that stage
And good enough to bring her house down

He said, "you must be my opening act."
She said, "I've heard a lot about you."
They made small talk about her direct box
And all those record company blues

She must have gotten her dress sense from outta some comic book
He could see that she was ambitious
Underneath her waif-like look

On the show-biz merry-go-round
It's so hard to snag the reigns
But there she was just starting out
A future next-big-thing

She was bound to be a critic's darling
So you knew what she was gonna go through
At first it feels like the tunnel of love
But it can turn on you