Speak Darkly My Angel Lyrics - Elvis Costello

Speak darkly, my angel 

Or do I have to plead? 

The sweetness has gone out of it 

And all that's left is bitter barren greed 

A needy lover with her almost vanished liar 

Entangled as the gloom is strangled by the clinging briar 

That ventures out to gather in the gloom 

That perfect mouth is ruined now 

For as you turn down the corners of your smile 

And cloud your dim corrupted eyes 

Just before the concertina wrecks your noble brow 

The fatal flaw I can't allow 

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Depart now, my angel 

The gaoler of my youth 

Sends fifty thousand reasons why I never ever try to tell the truth 

The season's over 

And it's time for either one of us to go 

Stand by the window 

But don't lean so temptingly into the drop that calls below 

For if you tumble back 

I look so good in black 

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