Suffering Face Lyrics by Elvis Costello

Suffering Face Lyrics

    Well, there's an old man's fantasy
    Put in a young girl's mouth
    Like cheap pink lipstick
    Smeared on her wedding dress
    Will you look what you've done to her
    Will you look at this disgrace
    Well, it's all over
    Your suffering face
    If we were chrome, we would be rusty
    If we were thirst, we would be quenched
    You don't need the same old rivet gun
    You need a brand new wrench
    Someone to pull you down on the ground
    And cover you with kisses
    Once i was the jewel of your heart
    Now i'm only semi-precious
    But if i seem so preoccupied
    It's just my alibi--i'm all broken up inside
    Even the words of love seem cruel and crass
    When you're tough and transparent as armored glass
    I prepared a bed for you
    Then i sprayed perfume
    Upon the wilted roses
    That i'd scattered 'round the room
    You came in gentle as a lamb
    And turned into a terror
    And you left your love and other threats
    In the steam fading on my bathroom mirror
    Well, it's an old man's fantasy
    Put in a young girl's mouth
    Like cheap pink lipstick
    Smeared on her wedding dress
    Will you look what you've done to me
    Now you've put me in my place
    Oh, it's all over
    It's all over
    It's all over
    Your suffering face


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