Elvis Costello - Button My Lip

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TDon`t want to talk about the government
Don`t want to talk about some incident
Don`t want to talk about some peppermint gum
Don`t want to talk about the time to come

Button my lip
`Til I`m smart enough

Don`t raise your hand
`Cos I`m not offering
It serves you right
Now you are suffering
Give me a chance
To see it though
It all depends on what you hold is true

Button my lip
With your kiss

Don`t want to hear some little sniveling
You just don`t get what I`m delivering
Maybe you want me
But you know you can`t
I`d say, `I want you?
But you know I don`t

Button my lip
`Til I`m old enough
`Til I`m smart enough
`Til I`m?
Button my lip

Don`t want to come at your beckoning
For any day they`ll be a reckoning
Don`t want to hear what is impossible
Baby, you`ve become invisible

Button my lip

I`ve seen those clowns vacant and insolent
I stand accused but I am innocent
I am the mighty and magnificent

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