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Lyrics for After The Fall Macmanus by Elvis Costello:
| | | Artist: | Elvis Costello |
| | Album: | Mighty Like A Rose | | Track: | After The Fall Macmanus | | | | Date Added: | 18/10/2007 | | Views: | 66 | | | | Lyrics: | In an anonymous rendezvous
Where the forbidden lovers repair
They're burning down another
damn candle
They're melting the tables and chairs
Beneath them applause from the
balcony whenever they accomplished
making love
Other times they thought they heard
laughter
Coming from the balcony above
CHORUS
She lies to his right and she
carelessly recites
All of her brand new appetites
She seems brittle and small, it don't
sound like her at all
Since she came back to him after the fall
She said "You never
visit the countryside"
"So I've made you a country to order"
She put up a little tent in
the bedroom
Crickets played on a tape-recorder
The ceiling was festooned with phosphorous
stars
She noticed his skin turning cold
Burning all his clothes on the
bonfire
"Relax" she whispered and tightened the blindfold
CHORUS
You've
changed but not for the better babe
I'd tell you why but what's the use
'Cos it's the same
kind of pity
A drunkard gives as his excuse
You were sharp and ideal as a bobby
pin
Now your eyes are deserted and quiet
We both look like those poor shattered
mannequins
Thrown through the window in the riot
She lies in his arms and without
any qualms
Revels in shallow delights
She seems brittle and small, it don't sound like her
at all
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