Elvis Costello Lesson In Cruelty Lyrics

Lesson In Cruelty Lyrics

(Words: Costello, music: Nieve) 
Here`s a thought to dwell upon, 
Daddy`s girl is almost gone 
Now there`s just a vain princess 
`Her Ruthlessness` 
Tearing up the nursery 
Stars more used to glittering 
Pictured in the guttering 
Faces caught about to laugh 
Torn in half 
Slipping through your fingers 
See them scatter 
Maybe it doesn`t matter 
But I still really want to pick pieces up 
You can`t fool me 
With this lesson in cruelty 
It`s not as if I was asking time to stop 
In violent blue 
Like roses red 
She laughed as she tore off his head 
The hours she gazed on her former champion 
Now it`s just a frame of sellotape and torn wallpaper 
As she rips his pretty face to bits 
-Chorus 
It`s too much too soon or so it seems 
To put away these childish dreams 
You`ll find out soon enough that worship can be tough 
Love is just a name to celebrate a vision 
Or confetti littered with regrets. 
See it scatter... 
Dear heart to good to waste 
But if some hot-head should claim it 
Don`t rush to his embrace 
And it remains to say... 
I`ll love you just the same, whatever your decision 
As you put the paper to the flame 
(It`s a lesson in cruelty)