For Other Eyes Lyrics by Elvis Costello

For Other Eyes Lyrics

    I don't know what i would do
    If this letter should fall into
    Other hands than it should pass through
    For other eyes

    He said, "it was nothing...it's over and done"
    But the rotten worm was burrowing still
    Its spirit invades me bleeding me white
    For other replies
    I searched his pockets
    I searched his eyes
    I searched his wallet for clues and lies
    And i found a number that i somehow dialed
    A woman answered, a woman smiled
    Then she hung up on the silence unperplexed
    Innocently spun her rolodex
    I dialed again i could not resist
    Revealing just the dentist receptionist

    One day we'll laugh about it or maybe we'll curse
    But there is one thing that is making it worse
    And it's the lack of forgiveness that i can't disguise
    No matter how well he lies
    Now we don't know each other anymore
    And when we touch our lips feel sore
    I question the longing left in his sighs
    For other eyes

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