Elvis Costello - Charm School

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Men made out of monkeys
Men made into mice
Happy days are here again
And all the drinks half price
A girl with a trick and a man with a calling

Trying to make a living out of your downfalling
TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING out of anything at all
Didn`t they teach you anything except how to be cruel
In that charm school

You and I as lovers
Were nothing but a farce
TRYING TO MAKE A SILK PURSE
OUT OF A SOW`S ARSE
Saying `Why don`t you watch me`
Hardly speaking SOTTO VOCE

I`ve got a notion
I`ve got an angle
Take your dreams and promises
And put them through the mangle
They say it`s hell to finance too
And I just want to romance you

In this perpetual nightclub
I`ll be yours eternal
Though the hours are long
And the noise infernal
JUST ONE SHAMEFUL ACT OR SOMETIMES TWO
WE MAKE BELIEVE WE`RE MAKING DO

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