Elvis Costello The Name Of This Thing Is Not Love Lyrics

The Name Of This Thing Is Not Love Lyrics

There's a part of this feeling that I just cannot kill

But the name of this thing is not love

And I can't take a potion, and I won't take a pill

So it tortures me still, but the name of this thing is not love



You start entertaining such a terrible thought

Life is so very short

And the name of this thing is not love



There's a bruise on her arm, and some blood on the floor

But the name of this thing is not love

And they're taunting some girl

That they claim to adore, she can't take anymore

But the name of this thing is not love



Who in the world do you think that you are?

That you pushed me this far

But the name of this thing is not love

The name of this thing is not love, the name of this thing is not love



He thinks of her still, you'd never guess

He's trying hard to forget her

The occasional moments that he'll always bless

Watching her dress, for worse or for better



He watched her pick over her broken playthings

What played on his mind is not love

The cast aside tokens and discarded rings

Over one of his flings, but the name of this thing is not love



Then he threw something down in the wild rushing river

And will never recover, but the name of this thing is not love

Then you start out pretending you're so very tough

Life is not short enough, but the name of this thing is not love



The name of this thing is not love

The name of this thing is not love

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