Elvis Costello Pay It Back Lyrics

Pay It Back Lyrics

Stop thief; you`re gonna come to grief
if you don`t take a little more care.
You`re gonna get more than the family plan
from this one shoestring affair.
I may be crazy but I can`t contemplate
being trapped between the doctor and the magistrate.

One of these days I`m gonna pay it back, pay it back,
one of these days.
One of these days I`m gonna pay it back, pay it back,
one of these days.

And then they told me I could be somebody
if I didn`t let too much get in my way.
And I tried so hard just to be myself,
but I keep on fading away.
Until the lights went out, I didn`t know what to do.
If I could fool myself, then maybe I`d fool you too.

chorus

I wouldn`t say that I was raised on romance.
Let`s not get stuck in the past.
I love you more than everything in the world.
I don`t expect that will last.
They told me everything was guaranteed.
Somebody somewhere must`ve lied to me.

chorus.