The third song (as it stands right now) in BEAUTIFUL POISON is called "Rumor Has It." It takes place after Conti's brief, halfhearted sound check at Delgado's club in New Orleans. He has a dispiriting conversation with Delgado, the proprietor, ("You wouldn’t be playing this toilet if the
arenas were still calling. And it’s my toilet, so I can call it that") and then picks up a good-looking, sexy redhead he's been eyeing at the end of the bar.

They walk out into the gathering night of the French Quarter, and her conversation turns to things spooky and scary - and as their mating dance plays out toward its seemingly-inevitable conclusion of a hot 'n' raunchy night back at his room, she sings to him:

rumor has it you're a man who's at a crossroads
rumor has it I'm the gal at the crossroads saloon
(as he sips from his flask)
and I bet you can find your way down to the bottom of that little bottle
but you might get all turned around on these curvy, curvy city streets pretty soon.

'cause there's danger everywhere you look
(Three lascivious-looking passersby sing "Watch out, boy")
there are tourist traps that terrorize with tales of the undead,
yeah, there's danger everywhere you look
("Watch out, boy...")
so you best let little ol' me escort you back to your bed.

(making their way back to his room - street set backs away, Mrs. Gage's place slides in...)
rumor has it
you know how to treat a lady
rumor has it
you know how to treat a lady right
and the rumor is long as your lady's not looking to tie you down ('less you like it like that)
then you will be sure to protect her from things that go bump in the night...

(by this point they are in his bedroom, getting hot and heavy)
'cause there's danger everywhere you look
vampires and voodoo, they send a shiver down your spine,
yeah, there's danger everywhere you look
so keep your eyes on me, tonight you're mine.

(and at that moment, an otherworldly woman's voice comes from the downstairs garden next door, behind the shutters. Conti stops in his tracks, and the Redhead's seduction is derailed.)