The Long Division Lyrics - Painted From Memory - Elvis Costello

Did somebody try to catch your eye 

And almost change your sad expression? 

Did somebody's hand linger too long? 

Must I now make my confession? 

But you'll never know 

What suspicion is 

Until you lie awake 

And every night you ask yourself 

"What am I to do?" 

Can it be so hard to calculate? 

When three goes into two 

There's nothing left over 

How's it gonna feel? This time it's real 

It's not a temporary fracture 

This is what you get, the stage is set 

For you and your attempted rapture 

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Is he gonna smile 

That indulgent smile 

When you come running home? 

And every night you ask yourself 

"What am I to do?" 

Can it be so hard to calculate? 

When three goes into two 

There's nothing left over 

What am I gonna say? You turn away 

And you leave me here despairing 

What am I going to do? I look at you 

You seem to be so long past caring 

Did somebody say, 

"Can we still be friends?" 

Only to find out now that it's a joke 

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So ask yourself 

"What am I to do?" 

Can it be so hard to calculate? 

When three goes into two 

There's nothing left over 

Did somebody say, 

"Can we still be friends?" 

Did somebody say, 

"Can we still be friends?" 

Did somebody say, 

"Can we still be friends?" 

Did somebody say, 

"Can we still be friends?" 

Did somebody say, 

"Can we still be friends?" 

Did somebody say, 

"Can we still be friends?"