Elvis Costello

My Dark Life

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She says nobody wants to believe
You're the same as everyone
What makes me unique? 
My dark life

There was a kink in the world
Sent that statue tumbling
An invitation east
So we can watch it all crumbling

She came off like a light
And so softly she spoke
"You don't know, you don't know about 
My dark life"
And you think you're a guest
You're a tourist at best
Peering into the corners of 
My dark life
Now that you tear your dreams 
From consumptive ballerinas
She'll stand on tiptoes for you 
In a grey and tattered tutu
She stays where she is 
'cause of voyeurs like these
With an accusative look that says 
"My Dark Life"

Robber men await you then 
In each beguiling alley
To shake you and to pierce you and 
Remind you of
My dark life

Enter the pious elite
In their preening finery
And bang the tambourine
They're dining on rice paper scenery

See how the villain attracts 
Envious glances from everyone
She's waitressing by day
It doesn't bring in much money now

And his strong concealed arms 
Set off bells and alarms
In the strangest locations of 
My dark life
But the fantasy slipped 
As he tipped her in cigarettes
She tries to smile very graciously 
When she wants to kill him
Now the victory is sweet
You get down on your knees
It's the perfect position for kissing western leather

So they came from Ugly Texas
And from Nameless Tennessee
From Peculiar Missouri 
And from places closer to me
All the cream of heartless England
Cheer the carnival is over
There are remnants of red army bandsmen
Played "America the Beautiful"

	