You Bowed Down Lyrics - Elvis Costello

I expect you're entitled to know why I'm making contact 

With acquaintances scattered all over the land 

I'd promise you now and again that I'd honor the contract 

If it hadn't crumbled away in my hand 

So we broke that vow independently now 

But I don't know why you absolutely deny 

You bowed down 

(You bowed down, you bowed down) 

You bowed down 

(You bowed down, you bowed down) 

When you first looked away I might say it was really a kindness 

It must have hurt you to see how dreams sour 

Now they say that justice and love 

Are the next things to blindness 

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Well, you're getting plenty of both of them now 

And so you parade where appointments are made 

And never meant to be kept unless you accept 

You bowed down 

(You bowed down, you bowed down) 

You bowed down 

(You bowed down, you bowed down) 

You value the burnt amber of falling leaves 

And you long to delay 

As you feel their breath as they whisper 

"It won't hurt you now to betray if you just bow down" 

And now every time that we meet on the edge of hysteria 

You're helping them sell off some new party line 

I remember a time when you would have seemed so superior 

Now you say, "Will you please meet this good friend of mine?" 

So you're in demand as long as you kiss their hand 

But all the applause is for their name, not yours 

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You bowed down 

(You bowed down, you bowed down) 

You bowed down 

(You bowed down, you bowed down) 

You bowed down 

(You bowed down, you bowed down) 

You bowed down 

(You bowed down, you bowed down) 

You bowed down 

You bowed down 

You bowed down 

You bowed down