Elvis Costello - Painted From Memory lyrics

Such a picture of loveliness

Didn't you notice the resemblance?

Doesn't it look like she could speak?

Those eyes I tried to capture

They are lost to me now forever

They smile for someone else

Funny, how looks can be deceiving

But she's not easily

Painted from memory

You'd think that I would know by now

Those eyes I tried to capture

They are lost to me now forever

They smile for someone else

And so this had to be

Painted from memory

She is gone, and I must accept it

She is lost to me now

But I can't look away just yet though

She smiles for someone else

And so this had to be

Painted from memory

Funny, now I can see

How looks can be deceiving

And so this had to be

Painted from memory

Funny, now I can see

How looks can be deceiving