Charm School Lyrics - Elvis Costello

Men made out of monkeys 

Men made into mice 

Happy days are here again 

And all the drinks half price 

A girl with a trick and a man with a calling 

Trying to make a living out of your downfalling 

Trying to make a living out of anything at all 

Didn't they teach you anything except how to be cruel 

In that charm school 

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You and I as lovers 

Were nothing but a farce 

Trying to make a silk purse 

Out of a sow's arse 

Saying 'why don't you watch me' 

Hardly speaking sotto voce 

I've got a notion 

I've got an angle 

Take your dreams and promises 

And put them through the mangle 

They say it's hell to finance too 

And I just want to romance you 

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In this perpetual nightclub 

I'll be yours eternal 

Though the hours are long 

And the noise infernal 

Just one shameful act or sometimes two 

We make believe we're making do