Shatterproof Lyrics by Elvis Costello

Shatterproof Lyrics

    I see those newly weds
    Their eyes wide and believing
    They bill and coo at the mention of chez nous
    Appearances can be deceiving

    It's just a door and a window
    Four walls and a roof
    But a home of your own would be shatterproof
    A door and a window
    Four walls and a roof
    But a home of your own would be shatterproof

    We papered over all the cracks
    And painted a cat's lick and a promise
    The landlord was a man of few words
    And most of them were ominous

    It's just a door and a window
    Four walls and a roof
    But a home of your own would be shatterproof
    A door and a window
    Four walls and a roof
    But a home of your own would be shatterproof

    It was nothing really to write home about
    Then one day it all appears too much
    Here comes my little hammer and its shatterproof touch

    He said, "be practical,
    These are most unreasonable demands.
    Forget about the broken spectacles
    And the damage to your hand."

    It's just a door and a window
    Four walls and a roof
    And the doctors say i'm almost shatterproof

SEARCH LYRICS