Elvis Costello - Brilliant Disguise lyrics

(bruce springsteen)

I hold you in my arms

There's a band playing

What are those words whisperedbaby

Just as you turn away?

Well I saw you last night

Out on the edge of town

I wanna read your mind and know just what I got in this

New thing I found

So tell me what I see

When I look into your eyes

Is that youbaby

Or just a brilliant disguise?

I heard someone call your name

Underneath my willow

I saw something tucked in shame

Underneath your pillow

Well I tried so hardbaby

But I just can't see

What a woman like you

Is doing with me

So tell me who I see

When I look into your eyes

Is that youbaby

Or just a brilliant disguise?

Now look at mebaby

Struggling to do everything right

And then it all falls apart

When out go the lights

I'm just a lonely pilgrim

I walk this world in wealth

I wanna know it's you I don't trust

'cause I damn sure don't trust myself

Now you play the lovin' woman

I play the faithful man

Just don't look too close

Into the palm of my hand

When we stood at the altar

The gypsy swore our future looked right

But in the weewee hoursmaybe baby

The gypsy lied

So when you look at me

You better look hard and look twice

Is that mebaby

Or just a brilliant disguise?

Tonight our bed is cold

I'm lost in the darkness of our love

God have mercy on a man

Who doubts what he's sure of