Starting to Come to Me - Elvis Costello And The Attractions

作词：Elvis Costello

作曲：Elvis Costello

It's started to come to me

Your new career would probably end like this

All that professional lipstick pressed

into an amateur kiss

Farewell to the studied lines

and carefully broken hearts

The overpowering perfume

and the glimpse of her garter

Mingling with the sweet

smoldering scent of the martyr

Well it's starting to come to me

(come to me come to me)

Starting to come to me

So you began to recognize

the well-dressed man that everybody loves

It started when you chopped off all

the fingers of those pony skin gloves

Then you cut a hole out

where the lovelight used to shine

Your tears of pleasure equal measure

crocodile and brine

You try to laugh it off saying I knew all the time

But it's starting to come to me

(come to me come to me)

Starting to come to me

Sometimes you bring me down

to play reluctant confidant

You say you may reward him

if he gives you what you want

But these are days to treasure and to hold

They are much too precious to be sold

You'd probably play the pirate

if you weren't so busy digging up the gold

Now you could tell he wanted you 'cause

you almost taste it on his breath

But you always cheated life just like

the bold dare-devil cheated death

Incidentally late last night your understudy

finally got what you deserve

In private she's seductive but in public she's prim

porcelain and nervous

Afraid someone will recognize

the shame in her eyes

You've still got your dignity

or the next best disguise

You never know when to say no

and when to compromise

But it's starting to come to me

(come to me come to me)

Starting to come to me

(come to me come to me)

Starting to come to me