New Lace Sleeves Lyrics - Unfaithful Music - Elvis Costello

Bad lovers face to face in the morning 

Shy apologies and polite regrets 

Slow dances that left no warning of 

Outraged glances and indiscreet yawning 

Good manners 

And bad breath get you nowhere 

Even Presidents have newspaper lovers 

Ministers go crawling under covers 

She's no angel 

He's no saint 

They're all covered up with white washed grease paint 

And you say 

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The teacher never told you anything but white lies 

But you never see the lies and you believe 

Oh you know, you have been captured 

You feel so civilized 

And you look so pretty in your new lace sleeves 

The salty lips of the socialite sisters 

With their continental fingers that have 

Never seen working blisters 

Oh, I know they've got their problems 

I wish, I was one of them 

They say, daddy's coming home soon 

With his Sergeant stripes 

And his Empire mug and spoon 

No more fast buck 

And when are they gonna learn their lesson? 

When are they gonna stop all of these victory processions? 

And you say 

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The teacher never told you anything but white lies 

But you never see the lies and you believe 

Oh you know, you have been captured 

You feel so civilized 

And you look so pretty in your new lace sleeves