Lesson In Cruelty

Lyrics Here's a thought to dwell upon Daddy's girl is almost gone Now there's just a vain princess 'Her Ruthlessness' Tearing up the nursery Stars more used to glittering Pictured in the guttering Faces caught about to laugh Torn in half Slipping through your fingers See them scatter Maybe it doesn't matter But I still really want to pick the pieces up You can't fool me With this lesson in cruelty It's not as if I was asking time to stop In violent blue Like roses red She smiled as she tore off his head The hours she gazed on her former champion Now there's just a frame of sellotape and torn wallpaper As she tears his pretty face to bits See them scatter Maybe it doesn't matter But I still really want to pick the pieces up You can't fool me With this lesson in cruelty It's not as if I was asking time to stop It's much too soon or so it seems To put away these childish dreams You'll find out soon enough that worship can be tough Love is just a name to celebrate a vision Or confetti littered with regrets See them scatter Maybe it doesn't matter But I still really want to pick the pieces up You can't fool me With this lesson in cruelty It's not as if I was asking time to stop Dear heart too good to waste But if some hot-head should claim it Don't rush to his embrace And it remains to say I'll love you just the same whatever your decision As you put the paper to the flame

Credits Words by: Elvis Costello Music by: Steve Nieve Performances This Costello & Nieve collaboration, intended for Nieve's song cycle Correspondence, has been performed by the duo on six occasions, the earliest being 1995-06-25 and the most recent 2001-12-18. It has yet to be officially released. Covers none Bootlegs This section is incomplete.

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