Elvis Costello - My Dark Life lyrics

She says, nobody wants to believe

You're the same as

everyone

What makes 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 on 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, You tear

your dreams

From consumptive

ballerinas

She'll stand on tiptoe

for you

In a grey and tattered

tutu

She stay's where

she is

cause of voyeurs like

these

with an accusative look

that says

My Dark Life

Rubber men await you

there

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 as strong concealed

arms

Set off bells and alarms

In the strangest

locations of

My Dark Life

But the fantasies

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 upon your

knees

It's the perfect

position

for kissing west on

leather

So they came from Ugly,

Texas

and from Nameless,

Tennesee

from Peculiar, Missouri

and from places closer

to me

All the cream of

heartless england

cheer the carnival is

over

and remnants of Red Army

bandsmen

played America the

Beautiful