Elegance Lyrics - Prefab Sprout

There are those who own, the world around your own 

And say you want to swan one to one 

Hey kid they own the pond 

There are those who rest and those who make the beds 

And should you seek redress, can't you guess? 

Hey child, they own this mess 

So if these star-dust memories, fail to please 

If you confuse this dinner dance with elegance 

If you suffer lack of due respect 

Take comfort from the guessing game aspect 

That she is least where you expect 

Please be ashamed that you're afraid, equating elegance and real estate 

When all the bullion in the world 

Cannot transform what's simply second rate 

But will yea no come assess me, boastfully 

I'll not be bought by your silver plated come to me 

So don't you do come try me 

Because these star-dust memories, fail to please 

They're not alike this dinner dance, this elegance and if you 

Want to swan, one to one 

Kid you don't need the pond 

There are those whose time, is due for steep decline 

If you can't find the spot, where their time stops 

Just ask who built the clocks