Elvis Costello Burnt Sugar Is So Bitter Lyrics

Burnt Sugar Is So Bitter Lyrics

She says what has her daddy done 
That you want him to be punished 
When she woke up one day to find 
That he was starting to vanish 
But _if you hope_ (?) to hear voices 
You know you should not be listening 
Push the vigilant lips 
Make a slice of her face 
Said the scandalous whispering 

She`s not on her own with the rest of her riches 
As the kids paint him out of their refrigerator bit*hes 
She picks up the bills and pays the babysitter 
`Cause everybody knows burnt sugar is so bitter 

And once there was a time 
Before you turned strange 
She thought they`d be together 
For more than a lifetime 
Look at them now 
My, how things have changed 
He can tell his sweetheart 
Out of any girl on just a whiff 
And turn it from a candy to a caramel 
And make her hate the silouette she used to feel 
And say "I know nothing about you." 

Now what`s left of the birthday cake 
Smeared and beautifully frosted 
An absent father picks up the phone 
To find the number`s unlisted 

While the kids are distracted 
She`ll notice _she`s nervous at all_ (?) 
But how long will it take 
Not to make a mistake 
When a gentleman comes to call 

She`s not on her own with the rest of her riches 
As the kids tear down their refrigerator pictures 
They already know how a woman may advance 
From a pretty picture hat to a supermarket trance 
Where it is unkind, she might as well forget it 
`Cause everybody knows burnt sugar is so bitter 
Burnt sugar is so bitter 
Burnt sugar 
Burnt sugar 
Burnt sugar