Elvis Costello - Love For Tender lyrics

You won't take my love for tender

You can put your money where your mouth is

But you're so unsure

I could be a miser or a big spender

But you might get much more than you bargained for

Check in on a checkmate

Grassing on a classmate

So beautiful and fortunate

You're the one who hates to love

But he's the one who loves to hate

He can fix you all for good

Because he is the neighbourhood

You can get money for blood

Blood money for doing no good

Better tell me now, have you made your selection?

Are you ready for correction?

Cause the wages of sin are an expensive infection

It'll make you bankrupt

Better pay up now, don't interrupt

So in love, I'm so sincere

Just like a well-known financier

You know I've never been corrupt

I'll pay you a compliment

And you'll think I am innocent

You can total up the balance sheet

And never know if I'm a counterfeit

You won't take my love for tender...