Broken Lyrics - Elvis Costello

You can close your eyes 

And see the picture perfect life 

Inside of your mind 

Dreaming only of the days ahead 

Wanted and wished for more than now 

Or the days behind 

You waste your time 

The picture makes a promise 

The flesh lets it be broken 

The picture makes a promise 

The flesh lets it be broken 

You can never think 

You can't even stop yourself 

Before the words have been spoken 

And you've already said 

You would give everything 

And something for nothing 

Everybody thinks you're joking 

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The picture makes a promise 

The flesh lets it be broken 

The picture makes a promise 

The flesh lets it be broken 

You want to be the one 

Made over be your own 

Before and after 

And a supermarket 

Beauty in a bottle queen 

Who'll one day grace a check-out counter 

Magazine front cover 

Though the fine print reads 

The picture makes a promise 

The flesh lets it be broken 

The picture makes a promise 

The flesh lets it be broken 

Photos 

Lets it be broken 

Lets it be broken 

Broken 

Lets it be broken 

Lets it be broken 

Broken 

Broken 

Your life is never what you wanted 

Not even halfway normal 

Just tarnished and soiled 

When in your reach 

A framed and frozen moment 

So far from perfection 

Not truth or transcendence 

Will set you free 

Still you don't believe 

The picture makes a promise 

The flesh lets it be broken 

The picture makes a promise 

The flesh lets it be broke