Standard (EADGBE)
By Elv is Costello
>From the album: Imperial Bedroom
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Intro
I've been talking to the wall and it's been an swering me
Oh darling ho w I miss you
I'm just the mere shadow of m y former selfishness
I crave the silhouette of your kiss
With only the blue light of t he TV on
Lip reading threats and fa lse alarms
There's a boy somewhere ho lding hands with himself
And a girl in a window on the Reeperbarn
Whenever I put my foot in my mouth and you beg in to doubt
That it's you that I'm dr eaming about
Do I have to draw you a diagram?
All I ever want is just to fall into your human hands
With the kings and queens of the da nce hall craze
Checkmate in three moves in your heyday
But the girls don't listen to your line anymore
Now you're part of so meone else
On the factory floor and you still say "Wheres the action?"
Now you manufacture happiness
And get sold on the cheap for some one's satisfaction
(chorus)
All you toy soldiers and sc aremongers
Are you living in this world so metimes I wonder
In between saying you've seen too much and saying you've seen it all
before
Tighter and tighter I ho ld you tightly
Y ou know I love you more than slightly
Although I've never said it like this before
(chorus)