Shabby Doll Lyrics - Elvis Costello

1, 2, 3, 4 

Giving you more of what for 

Always worked for me before 

Now I'm a shabby doll 

What's going on behind the 

Green elevator door 

With just a shabby doll 

There's a hit man facing 

A compromising situation 

With just a shabby doll 

And a very neat line 

In character assassination 

She's just a shabby doll 

She's just a shabby doll 

She's putting him off and putting you on 

She's just the shabby doll 

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She's just the shabby doll 

You're swearing upon you know in your heart 

She's gone you know in your heart 

She's just a shabby doll 

There's a girl in this dress 

There's always a girl in distress 

She's just a shabby doll 

She's so sure she's self-possessed 

Then again she's half undressed 

She's just a shabby doll 

The boy that I used to be 

Showed no sign of sympathy 

For just a shabby doll 

I have betrayed you and me 

And paid for my own bribery 

With just a shabby doll 

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She's just a shabby doll 

She's putting him off and putting you on 

She's just the shabby doll 

She's just the shabby doll 

You're swearing upon you know in your heart 

She's gone you know in your heart 

She's just a shabby doll 

He's the tired toy that everyone enjoyed 

He wants to be a fancy man 

But he's nothing but a nancy boy 

He's all pride and no joy 

And being what you might call a whore 

Always worked for me before 

Now he's a shabby doll 

Untie the gag the cat's out of the bag 

But won't show his claws 

He's just a shabby doll 

She said you must be joking 

Some things are best unspoken 

You're just a shabby doll 

He's lying limp and soaking 

He was openly broken 

By just a shabby doll 

She's just a shabby doll 

She's putting him off and putting you on 

She's just the shabby doll 

She's just the shabby doll 

You're swearing upon you know in your heart 

She's gone you know in your heart 

She's just a shabby doll 

She's just a shabby doll 

She's just a shabby doll 

She's just a shabby doll 

She's just a shabby doll