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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Performer
Elvis Costello
Vocals
Steve Nieve
Piano
Bruce Thomas
Bass Guitar
Pete Thomas
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Elvis Costello
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Geoff Emerick
Producer
Elvis Costello
Associate Producer
Jon Jacobs
Assistant Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
History repeats the old conceits
The glib replies, the same defeats
Keep your finger on important issues
With crocodile tears and a pocketful of tissues
[Verse 2]
I'm just the oily slick
On the wind-up world of the nervous tick
In a very fashionable hovel
[Verse 3]
I hang around, dying to be tortured
You'll never be alone in the bone orchard
This battle with the bottle is nothing so novel
[Verse 4]
So in this almost empty gin palace
Through a two-way looking glass
You see your Alice
[Verse 5]
You know she has no sense
For all your jealousy
In a sense, she still smiles very sweetly
[Verse 6]
Charged with insults and flattery
Her body moves with malice
Do you have to be so cruel to be callous?
[Verse 7]
And now, you find you fit this identikit completely
You say you have no secrets
Then leave discreetly
[Verse 8]
I might make it California's fault
Be locked in Geneva's deepest vault
Just like the canals of Mars and the Great Barrier Reef
I come to you beyond belief
[Verse 9]
My hands were clammy and cunning
She's been suitably stunning
But I know there's not a hope in Hades
All the laddies catcall and wolf-whistle
So-called gentlemen and ladies
Dogfight like rose and thistle
[Verse 10]
I got a feeling
I'm going to get a lot of grief
Once this seemed so appealing
Now I am beyond belief
[Verse 11]
I got a feeling
I'm going to get a lot of grief
Once this seemed so appealing
Now I am beyond belief
[Verse 12]
I got a feeling
I'm going to get a lot of grief
Once this seemed so appealing
Now I am beyond belief
[Verse 13]
I got a feeling
I'm going to get a lot of grief
Written by: Elvis Costello