The Days Take Care Of Everything

Lyrics

If you wanna feel sorry for yourself

Then go ahead, I'm not gonna stop you

Sometimes you're just like a petulant child

You seem to get so much satisfaction just from being denied

And now that he's taken everything you can give

You come to me asking "How can I continue to live?"

Chorus:

The days take care of everything

You've had your fling, you poor little thing

But don't despair

Yes, the days take care of everything

You'll pass on the street, you'll know him from someplace

But you won't know where

The days take care of everything

We sat up all night and talked it through

You drank down the bottle and I blew a lower note

Now I must be going, now it's getting late

But what if I was less of a friend and more of a traitor?

But how could you know how I was longing inside?

Our eyes never met and my hands stayed by my side

And as you gave me that affectionate kiss

How could you know I had been waiting for a chance like this?

I've been in upstate conventional turn

I overheard a heavenly choir

And though you still turn to me from time to time

One day you're up in the clouds

Next thing you're down with the Sweet Adelines

And now I can see it was not meant to be

You'll take him back and never spare another thought for me

(Repeat Chorus)

Credits

• Written by: Elvis Costello
• Produced by: Elvis Costello
• Musicians:

Elvis Costello - vocals, all instruments

Discography

Albums:

• All This Useless Beauty (Deluxe Edition), Rhino, 2001
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