Elvis Costello - All This Useless Beauty Lyrics

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It's at times such as this she'd be tempted to spit 
If she wasn't so ladylike 
She imagines how she might have lived 
back when legends and history collide 
So she looks to her prince finding he's so charmingly 
slumped at her side 
Those days are recalled on the gallery wall 
And she's waiting for passion or humour to strike 
What shall we do, what shall we do with all this useless beauty? 
All this useless beauty 

Good Friday arrived, the sky darkened on time 
'Til he almost began to negotiate 
She held his head like a baby and said "It's okay if you cry" 
Now he wants her to dress as if you couldn't guess 
He desires to impress his associates 
But he's part ugly beast and Hellenic deceased 
So she finds that the mixture is hard to deny 

Chorus 

She won't practice the looks from the great tragic books 
That were later disgraced to face celluloid 
It won't even make sense but you can bet 
If she isn't a sweetheart or plaything or pet 
The film turns her into an unveiled threat 

Nonsense prevails, modesty fails 
Grace and virtue turn into stupidity 
While the calendar fades almost all barricades to a pale compromise 
And our leaders have feasts on the backsides of beasts 
They still think they're the gods of antiquity 
If something you missed didn't even exist 
It was just an ideal -- is it such a surprise? 

Chorus (x2)

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lyrics submitted on 08-07-2005
lyrics corrected on 08-07-2005