All This Useless Beauty Lyrics - Singles - Lush

(on elvis costello ep) 

It's at times such as this she'd be tempted to spit 

If she wasn't so ladylike 

She imagines how she might have lived back when legends and history collide 

So she looks to her prince finding he's so charmingly slumped at her side 

Those days are recalled on the gallery wall 

And she's waiting for passion or humour to strike 

What shall we do, what shall we do with all this useless beauty? 

Good friday arrived, the sky darkened on time 

'til he almost began to negotiate 

She held his head like a baby and said 'it's okay if you cry' 

Now he wants her to dress as if you couldn't guess 

He desires to impress his associates 

But he's part ugly beast and hellenic deceased 

So she finds that the mixture is hard to deny 

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Chorus 

She won't practice the looks from the great tragic books 

That were later defaced, disgraced celluloid 

It don't even make sense but you can bet 

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If she isn't a sweetheart, a plaything or pet 

The film turns her into an unveiled threat 

Nonsense prevails, modesty fails 

Grace and virtue turn into stupidity 

While the calendar fades almost all barricades to a pale compromise 

Our leaders have feasts on the backsides of beasts 

They still think they're the gods of antiquity 

If something you missed didn't even exist 

It was just an ideal 

Is that such a surprise? 

Chorus