Elvis Costello - Beyond Belief Lyrics

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History repeats the old conceits 
The glib replies the same defeats 
Keep your finger on important issues 
With crocodile tears and a pocketful of tissues 
I'm just the oily slick 
On the windup world of the nervous tick 
In a very fashionable hovel 

I hang around dying to be tortured 
You'll never be alone in the bone orchard 
This battle with the bottle is nothing so novel 

So in this almost empty gin palace 
Through a two-way looking glass 
You see your Alice 

You know she has no sense 
For all your jealousy 
In a sense she still smiles very sweetly 

Charged with insults and flattery 
Her body moves with malice 
Do you have to be so cruel to be callous 

And now you find you fit this identikit completely 
You say you have no secrets 
And then leave discreetly 

I might make it California's fault 
Be locked in Geneva's deepest vault 
Just like the canals of Mars and the great barrier reef 
I come to you beyond belief 

My hands were clammy and cunning 
She's been suitably stunning 
But I know there's not a hope in Hades 
All the laddies cat call and wolf whistle 
So-called gentlemen and ladies 
Dog fight like rose and thistle 

I've got a feeling 
I'm going to get a lot of grief 
Once this seemed so appealing 
Now I am beyond belief 

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lyrics submitted on 28-06-2005
lyrics corrected on 28-06-2005