Elvis Costello For Other Eyes Lyrics

For Other Eyes Lyrics

I don`t know what I would do
If this letter should fall into
Other hands than it should pass through
For other eyes

He said, "It was nothing...it`s over and done"
But the rotten worm was burrowing still
Its spirit invades me bleeding me white
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I searched his pockets
I searched his eyes
I searched his wallet for clues and lies
And I found a number that I somehow dialed
A woman answered, a woman smiled
Then she hung up on the silence unperplexed
Innocently spun her rolodex
I dialed again I could not resist
Revealing just the dentist receptionist

One day we`ll laugh about it or maybe we`ll curse
But there is one thing that is making it worse
And it`s the lack of forgiveness that I can`t disguise
No matter how well he lies
Now we don`t know each other anymore
And when we touch our lips feel sore
I question the longing left in his sighs
For other eyes