When I Was Cruel No. 2 Lyrics - Unfaithful Music - Elvis Costello

I exit through the spotlight glare 

I stepped out into thin air 

Into a perfume so rarefied 

Here comes the bride 

Not quite aside, they snide, she's number four 

There's number three just by the door 

Those in the know, don't even flatter her, they go one better 

She was selling speedboats in a trade show when he met her 

Look at her now 

She's starting to yawn 

She looks like she was born to it 

But it was so much easier 

When I was cruel 

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She reaches out her arms to me 

Imploring another melody 

So she can dance her husband out on the floor 

The captains of industry just 

Lie there where they fall 

In eau-de-nil and pale carnation creation 

A satin sash and velvet elevation 

She straightens the tipsy head-dress of her spouse 

While hers recalls a honey house 

There'll be no sorrows left to drown 

Early in the morning in your evening gown 

But it was so much easier 

When I was cruel 

The entrance hall was arranged 

With hostesses and ushers 

Who turned out to be the younger wives 

Nursing schoolgirl crushes 

Photos 

Parting the waves of those 

Few feint friends 

Fingers once offered are now too 

Heavy to extend 

The ghostly first wife glides up 

On stage, whispering to raucous talkers 

Spilling family secrets out to 

Flunkey's and castrato walkers 

See that girl, watch that scene 

Digging the dancing queen