After a month of just bein' alone, he said, "I wonder what L.A.'s thinkin'"   Streets he roamed in search of a poem amongst the wild and drinkin'   When he sees cool dark skin in hot, virgin white   The search was over at least for tonight   When she co-signed and then told him, she was      Shy, cool, dark skin in hot, virgin white   Shy, lips say, won't but her body say, might   Shy, looks like we're gonna take the long way home tonight   Oh, baby, shy      After a look much louder than words she said, "I passed my initiation   A friend of mine, he got killed and in retaliation   I shot the boy, huh, twice in the head   No regrets, no sorrow, I'm goin' back tomorrow to make sure he's dead   'Cuz if I don't, they'll call me a chicken, but you can call me"      Shy, cool, dark skin in hot, virgin white   Shy, lips say, won't but her body say, might   Shy, looks like we're gonna take the long way home tonight   Shy      Shy, lips say, no but the body say, might   Looks like we're gonna take the long way home   Looks like we're gonna take the long way home   Looks like we're gonna take the long way home tonight      The girl was rough, but he called her bluff   And he told her not to know what's better   Fact or fiction, he wondered   And that's when the rain and thunder got wetter   And at the top of the page he wrote      Shy, cool, dark skin in hot, virgin white   Looks like we're gonna take the long way home tonight      Shy, cool, dark skin in hot, virgin white   Shy, lips say, won't but her body say, might   Shy, looks like we're gonna take the long way home tonight   Shy, shy, shy, looks like we're gonna take the long way home tonight