Town Cryer Lyrics - Elvis Costello

I'm the town crier and everybody knows 

I'm a little down with a lifetime to go 

Maybe you don't believe my heart is in the right place 

Why don't you take a good look at my face 

Other boys use the splendor of their trembling lip 

They're so teddy bear tender and tragically hip 

I'm never going to cry again 

I'm going to be as strong as them 

They say they'd die for love and then they live it out 

They'll give you something to cry about 

And suddenly you really fall to pieces 

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I'm the town crier and everybody knows 

I'm a little down with a lifetime to go 

Maybe you don't believe my heart is in the right place 

Why don't you take a good look at my face 

Other boys use the splendor of their trembling lip 

They're so teddy bear tender and tragically hip 

Love and unhappiness go arm in arm 

Long suffering friends of your fatal charm 

Living for the pity that you're going to get hurt 

Just a little boy lost in a big man's shirt 

And suddenly you really fall to pieces 

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I'm the town crier and everybody knows 

I'm a little down with a lifetime to go 

Maybe you don't believe my heart is in the right place 

Why don't you take a good look at my face 

Other boys use the splendor of their trembling lip 

They're so teddy bear tender and tragically hip