Painted From Memory Lyrics - Painted From Memory - Elvis Costello

Such a picture of loveliness 

Didn't you notice the resemblance? 

Doesn't it look like she could speak? 

Those eyes I tried to capture 

They are lost to me now forever 

They smile for someone else 

Funny how looks can be deceiving 

But she's not easily painted from memory 

You'd think that I would know by now 

Those eyes I tried to capture 

They are lost to me now forever 

They smile for someone else 

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And so this had to be 

Painted from memory 

She is gone and I must accept it 

She is lost to me now 

But I can't look away just yet though 

She smiles for someone else 

(And so this had to be) 

(Painted from memory) 

Funny, now I can see 

How looks can be deceiving 

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(And so this had to be) 

(Painted from memory) 

Funny, now I can see 

How looks can be deceiving