Couldnt Call It Unexpected No4 Lyrics by Elvis Costello

Couldnt Call It Unexpected No4 Lyrics

    I saw a girl who'd found her consolation
    She said "one day my prince of peace will come"
    Above her head a portrait of her father
    The wilted favour that he gave her still fastened to the frame
    "they've got his bones and everything he owns
    I've got his name"

    Well you can laugh at this sentimental story
    But in time you'll have to make amends
    The sudden chill where lovers doubt their immortality
    As the clouds cover the sky the evening ends
    Describing a picture of eyes finally closing
    As you sometimes glimpse terrible faces in the fire
    We'll i'm the lucky goon
    Who composed this tune
    From birds arranged on the high wire

    Who on earth is tapping at the window?
    Does that face still linger at the pane?
    I saw you shiver though the room was like a furnace
    A shadow of regret across a young mother's face
    So toll the bell or rock the cradle
    Please don't let me fear anything i cannot explain
    I can't believe, i'll never believe in anything again

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