King Of Confidence Lyrics - Elvis Costello

She had her mind made up just like her face 

She painted in the lines and shadows 

She shaded color in that would express 

The lonely mood that follows 

Love, short and painful and tidy lies in self-defense 

She just told a thing or two to the King of Confidence 

You said that he could tell her anything 

She even held him when he was crying 

And made her feel she was the only one 

You knew that he was lying when he said he was lying 

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Love is short and painful, that she finally made sense 

Of the love he had for the one and only King of Confidence 

It's hard enough to be your lover and alone your confidant 

You say you know what I need but you don't know who I want 

It's just another tawdry morning now 

another tarnished farewell 

Your body's tired and complaining now 

But you're too tore down to tell 

Love is short and painful, all you kind ladies and gents 

I spent years and a couple of days as the King of Confidence 

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It's hard enough to be your lover and alone your confidant 

You say you know what I need but you don't know who I want 

It's just another tawdry morning now 

another tarnished farewell 

Your body's tired and complaining now 

But you're too tore down to tell 

Love is short and painful, all you kind ladies and gents 

I spent years and a couple of days as the King of Confidence 

I spent years and a couple of days as the King of Confidence