My Thief Lyrics - Painted From Memory - Elvis Costello

When I go to sleep, you become my thief 

Why don't you steal what you can keep? 

But you won't let me be 

You break into my dreams 

And every day seems different 

Sometimes I pretend you'll come back again 

And you'll console that heart you stole 

Have pity on the man 

Who knows that you have gone 

And has begun to break down 

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I feel almost possessed 

So long as I don't lose this glorious distress then 

You can take all I have left 

I know it's over 

If you can't be my lover 

Be my thief 

I'm so drowsy now, I'll unlock the door 

What fades in time will hurt much more 

So here's that happy scene 

Where you come back to me 

It's only found in fiction 

I feel almost possessed 

So long as I don't lose this glorious distress then 

You can take all I have left 

I know it's over 

If you can't be my lover 

Be my thief 

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"I didn't lead you on, 

But there will always be 

A little larceny in everyone 

So hush and don't you cry 

I'm trying to be kind 

Because I have a perfect alibi"