Elvis Costello The Judgement Lyrics

The Judgement Lyrics

The accused will rise

To be torn in two

Guilty of nothin' but loving you

This is the judgement



And I'm willin' to plead

How you don't want me

Hopin' this torment will cease

Will I be released?



There'll be lies, there'll be tears

A jury of your peers

With a pitiful look of experience

Hand down the judgement



And if I done wrong

And loved you too long

Stand up and just testify

How can you deny?



Objection overruled

I wait for my reprieve

With the trust of the deceived

The wisdom of the fool



It's his sorrowful face

Too heavy for his head

'Cos he bowed it as something come over him

It was the judgement



And he falls to his knees

Have mercy on me

He clings to the hem of her gown

She says "Just take him down"



Just take him down

Just take him down