Georgie And Her Rival Lyrics by Elvis Costello

Georgie And Her Rival Lyrics

    Georgie grew to hate her name
    It sounded like a tiny man
    And the one she had said "i can't see you, but i'll call you whenever i can"
    Sometimes the phone would ring, when she was half-asleep
    A voice would drag her down with its suggestions
    Though she often felt cheated, she never felt cheap

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    Well heaven knows what fills the heart and makes you feel so alive
    It's impossible to tear apart
    Georgie and her rival

    It was half-past february
    And he hadn't called since new year's day
    Maybe he'd found another woman to say those words no chapel girl should say
    Her mother would phone and always keep talking
    She'd try to be polite, making faces
    But somewhere in the back of her mind, her rival was stalking

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    Her rival would always wait 'til the eighth or ninth bell
    He'd be desperate anyway and drunk as well
    She always liked to hurt him to prove he was prepared
    To love her anyway that she wanted
    So she could tell which she preferred

    He sat up with his address book trying to think what mood he's in
    His finger traced past georgie's name to someone who needed less persuading
    He didn't hear through her disguise he didn't leave her in a rush
    Just like the promise that he left on her machine
    That almost made her blush
    The radio plays a lover's symphony
    "the number you have dialed has been re-directed"
    Now she puts him on the speaker-phone
    Whenever she has company

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