Suffering Face Lyrics - King Of America - Elvis Costello

Well, there's an old man's fantasy 

Put in a young girl's mouth 

Like cheap pink lipstick 

Smeared on her wedding dress 

Will you look what you've done to her 

Will you look at this disgrace 

Well, it's all over 

Your suffering face 

If we were chrome, we would be rusty 

If we were thirst, we would be quenched 

You don't need the same old rivet gun 

You need a brand new wrench 

Someone to pull you down on the ground 

And cover you with kisses 

Once I was the jewel of your heart 

Now I'm only semi-precious 

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But if I seem so preoccupied 

It's just my alibi, I'm all broken up inside 

Even the words of love seem cruel and crass 

When you're tough and transparent as armored glass 

I prepared a bed for you 

Then I sprayed perfume 

Upon the wilted roses 

That I'd scattered 'round the room 

You came in gentle as a lamb 

And turned into a terror 

And you left your love and other threats 

In the steam fading on my bathroom mirror 

Well, it's an old man's fantasy 

Put in a young girl's mouth 

Like cheap pink lipstick 

Smeared on her wedding dress 

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Will you look what you've done to me 

Now you've put me in my place 

Oh, it's all over, it's all over, it's all over 

Your suffering face