The First To Leave Lyrics by Elvis Costello

The First To Leave Lyrics

    I should open with a kiss
    For if you're reading this
    You must have opened up your case
    And found this letter where i placed it
    In between the silk and lace
    There were other clues, like your walking shoes
    But i still refused to believe
    That you were meant to be the first to leave

    Everybody here sends you their love
    How can i forget you still walk above
    Or
    Below
    Perhaps you'll never know this purgatory
    We never could agree
    There's a thought, there's a pause
    No time to repent
    Eternally yours
    In a permanent lent

    But if i should give you up
    If you're right and life just stops
    And i never see your face again
    Then from unearthly pleasures, proud and plain
    I shall abstain

    Until you realise, my loss is your surprise
    Unless you know otherwise
    Then don't grieve
    You see i had to be the first to leave

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